tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577220744066392429.post1199925943352577904..comments2023-05-17T16:27:44.487+09:00Comments on Japan: Keiba lunchCeciliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03061122323528396071noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577220744066392429.post-29507007295284109122012-04-17T20:17:36.950+09:002012-04-17T20:17:36.950+09:00Gomen, I forgot to reply - after waiting to ask Hi...Gomen, I forgot to reply - after waiting to ask Hiro. His response "why that weekend, it's on in Chiba this weekend"... (if I remember correctly) <br /><br />Oh.. ok.. <br /><br />He says he lost a lot of money on the Fuchu track in his misspent youth... He's quite sure he won't pick up bad habits again if he goes again! If I put on my anthropology hat it might be Ceciliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03061122323528396071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577220744066392429.post-68359926304230686192012-04-17T14:43:34.273+09:002012-04-17T14:43:34.273+09:00Listen, just by the way ... you did watch "Th...Listen, just by the way ... you did watch "The man from Snowy River", didn't you?<br /><br />DIDN'T YOU?! o_0Ruroushahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10638258526527895171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577220744066392429.post-74996611741599302082012-04-16T20:08:34.606+09:002012-04-16T20:08:34.606+09:00Maybe you should surprise Hiro with an invitation ...Maybe you should surprise Hiro with an invitation to Fuchu. How about the Japanese Derby? Sunday 27 May. ^^Ruroushahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10638258526527895171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577220744066392429.post-43385536415855979202012-04-14T22:21:34.223+09:002012-04-14T22:21:34.223+09:00Something to do with it being about food perhaps! ...Something to do with it being about food perhaps! Your food posts give me kitchen envy.Ceciliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03061122323528396071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577220744066392429.post-30185484805027450592012-04-14T21:14:49.225+09:002012-04-14T21:14:49.225+09:00I loved this post!I loved this post!Theresahttp://theresaurus.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577220744066392429.post-62843320900145966062012-04-14T19:56:28.595+09:002012-04-14T19:56:28.595+09:00Hiro is a keiba oyaji... well he would be if I let...Hiro is a keiba oyaji... well he would be if I let him be. <br /><br />I'm the only person in my family with no interest in horses or horse racing. I can't even remember the Melbourne cup date which puts me in an utterly "Unaustralian" category. <br /><br />Hiro is also adamant the Fuchu track is quite interesting...for some reason I've never been - though not through Ceciliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03061122323528396071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577220744066392429.post-86171193719786826992012-04-14T19:20:11.104+09:002012-04-14T19:20:11.104+09:00"Slightly dodgy, shabbily dressed, cigarette ..."Slightly dodgy, shabbily dressed, cigarette smoking men shuffling along with a folded form guide" is SO true.<br /><br />If you go to the Tokyo Racecourse in Fuchu, you'll see those same guys ... but also couples on a date and ordinary families enjoying a picnic next to the track. The track itself is a bit less dodgy than the betting halls.<br /><br />Yes. Blush. Horse fanatic hereRuroushahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10638258526527895171noreply@blogger.com