Blizzardboy | A Kiwi in Japan

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Congratulations to John McCain on his victory in the 2008 United States Presidential election!

Diebold Accidentally Leaks Results Of 2008 Election Early

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Apparently a round of the World Paragliding Championship 2007 was held in Ibaraki earlier this month. 122 gliders took part in the event which was held on Mt. Tsukuba which is close to where we live. This was the second time that a world championship paragliding event was held in Ibaraki.

I found this video they put together. It has some nice taiko drumming as well as some great shots of the scenery around Ibaragi:

We are going to attempt the third round using a combination of specially imported Christchurch City Council rubbish bags and antique Meccano frames… wish us luck!

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Running out of space on my mobile phone so I thought I would upload some photos. I used to use flikr, but since they got taken over by yahoo I haven’t felt that inclined to use their service. Anyway, I put them into a short video:

Most of the photos are from around Tsuchiura where we live, but there are some from the Earth Day festivities held last weekend in Yoyogi Koen near Shibuya, the Penis Festival in Kanagawa, and one from Chiba.

Special thanks to Martin from Corkshead - Tsukuba’s friendliest place for a pint or three.

The music is by Kora, from the Crazy Things track. I ‘borrowed’ that from their website - which I have mentioned before in a prior post. Their music is wonderful. Respect - as Ali G might say. Although I mean that!

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Almost time to sleep, but before I turn in for the night, I thought I would share this great video that an English teacher working in Kumamoto put together. Shot over 3 days, riding around on her bicycle it is a wonderful montage of life in Japan - not just the temples and geishas and all the really touristy bits, but more down to earth and normal:

from the director Ciaela’s description:

About 3 days of riding around town with my bike, and Gatchan’s camera.

About 3 days of painstakingly trying to put this together, having the computer crash, start again, crash again.

F*** it, I’ll just post it how it is, and say youtube messed it up, and thats why its off sync sometimes.

Anyway, this was the first video project I’ve ever done. Don’t know if I’ll ever do it again. Just wanted to have something to show mom and dad.

Shot in and around Kumamoto City, in Kumamoto, Japan.

Maybe that will inspire me to put up some video from some of our travels….

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