Again to Kumagaya

Disappointing delay in vote reform February 23, 2012

The political parties will likely miss an important deadline in their efforts to reapportion Lower House seats. In March 2011, the Supreme Court ruled that the August 2009 Lower House election was held unconstitutionally because of a large disparity in the value of one vote between depopulated rural areas and populated urban areas. Under a relevant law, Satu […]

Ikea to open first Kyushu outlet February 23, 2012

Ikea Japan, the Japanese arm of Sweden's Ikea self-assembly furniture group, said Wednesday it will open a store in the city of Fukuoka on April 11, its first retail outlet in Kyushu. The sixth store to be set up in Japan will offer 9,500 items on its 30,000-sq.-meter floor space, according to Ikea Japan, based in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture.

Test faulty; no warp speed yet to disprove Einstein February 23, 2012

Researchers have found a flaw in the technical setup of an experiment that startled the science world last year by appearing to show particles traveling faster than light. The problem may have affected measurements that clocked subatomic neutrino particles breaking what Nobel Prize-winning physicist Albert Einstein considered the ultimate speed barrier. […]

Rare earth recycling bill in works February 23, 2012

The government has drafted a bill requiring consumers to make efforts to recycle used electronic products containing rare earth and other metals essential in producing hybrid motor vehicles and precision electronics, official sources said Thursday. The government intends to secure the supply of rare earth, rare metal and precious metal resources through the […]

Researchers locate birthplace of eels February 23, 2012

Japanese researchers said Thursday they have located an area where "ma-anago" (real Japanese conger) lay their eggs, retrieving young fish 380 km south of Okinotorishima Island in the Pacific Ocean. The egg-laying site should be along a ridge at the bottom of the ocean about 100 km south of where the fish were found, based on the direction of the c […]

Again to Kumagaya

Posted on January 29, 2012 by dannycycle

I finally did not get lost and hit all of the points minus the yakitori shops and tori in Higashi Matsuyama noted in the Jitensha Sanpo ride. I finished up early so I took the cycling road back to Omiya. Northerly winds propelled me so it only took 90 minutes to get home from Yoshimi. I will map out the best route through pictures on a separate page sometime soon.

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