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It was announced that Civic type R concept will be taken to Good wood festival of speed 2014 to be held at United Kingdom in June.
The Good wood festival is an event that uses the vast site at the Good wood West Sussex of the Earl of march in United Kingdom.
The car that has received the invitation from the Earl of march only is permitted to drive in this event. Every year the most famous and latest sports car all over the world are gathered, and a bustling of activity can be seen during the actual driving. This is the event that I look forward to see the video uploaded to the YouTube every year, and the car event that I love most in the world. No other event has so much cars are assembled at one place!
Civic type R concept made the initial debut at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2014.
The next generation Civic type R schedule for sale in Europe in 2015 makes the initial debut at Goodwood festival of speed 2014 to be held on June 25~29 in United Kingdom.
This event is an exciting downhill race of running down the sacred place with the mountain bike, and it was held for the 3rd time in Japan.
This year’s course is composed of stairs and hill road, total distance is 500 meter, 250 stone steps, and a maximum slope is about 25 degrees.
On the event day, about 3000 spectators watched it, 11 participating riders competed with the determined attack and riding technique of this technical course.
On that final day, there was rain and the condition of the road surface became severe.
The huge crowd of spectators were taken by surprise by the splendid technique for running down hill in those sudden drop stone steps.
Normally the MTB downhill race is conducted at the mountain slope, and this Red Bull Holy Ride is conducted at the sacred place.
The first race in Japan was conducted at the Iwashimizu Hachimangu shrine in Kyoto Prefecture in 2010.
The second time it was conducted at the Ishizu-Jinjya shrine in Ehime Prefecture in 2011.
The second time it was conducted at the Katsuou-Ji in Osaka Prefecture in 2013.
This is the downhill race by MTB under the beautiful scenery of stone pavement and stone steps of the temple and Shinto shrine more like a typical Japanese place.
The event sponsored by Red Bull fascinates the viewer by fulfilling the fascination that cannot be seen elsewhere like the ingenuity and cheerfulness.
The 23 players who will attended World Cup Brazilian tournament that will start in June was announced.
Initially it was thought that the supervisor Zaccheroni the leading member of Japanese representative was called, and there was no election of the members who were not called recently.
The forward player Yohito Ohkubo (31 years), being the top scorer with 26 points in the last season of J league and even in this season he has scored 8 points the maximum by Japanese in the J1, was selected by surprise.
In the year 2013, moved to Kawasaki Frontale, took the position of front line, and achieved 26 points and the goal in the season.
In 2013 he also acquired the first top scorer. He had the motivation power from the will of his deceased father, though the best condition led to this election. His father Katsuhiro was dead on May 12, 2013.
The words “Become the Japanese representative once again” in the farewell note cheered up Ohkubo. He said that his feeling to become the Japanese representative again became strong by the farewell note of his father “Become the Japanese representative”. He also said, “It was just a piece of paper, but it revived my aspiration and enthusiasm. This was the last treasure that my father left in this world.”
He was not called in the representative training camp in September and for the Europe tour in October and November, though he kept continuing to making goal in the 2013 season after his the death of his father. Ohkubo motivated himself as “Then I have to decide further goals”. He was still not called for the representation from Japan led by Zaccheroni, and Was looking for the day. His father died on 12th May last year, and the representative election was held on the death anniversary of his father was like a message from his father. I would like to expect Ohkubo to lead towards the victory of the Japanese representation, and perhaps he would have the blessings of his father from the heaven.
The dream of becoming the Japanese representation was given up once The death of his father and the words “Become the Japanese representative once again” in the farewell note. He made goals with the farewell note, and the appeal for the return of Japanese representative. Then the election win on the date exactly one year after the death of his father. Entered the member of World Cup representative
He has surely decided about his goal.
He is the guy that I am expecting most in this World Cup!
Personal history of Yoshito Ohkubo
He grew up in a small town in Fukuoka Prefecture, and was the famous soccer boy at that time in that area. Being short, he trifled with the opponent by his preeminent technique and dribble. The conversation with his father Katsuhiro was revealed when watching the 1994 American World Cup. His father said, “It is good if you also participate in the World Cup”, and Yoshito Ohkubo said, “It is not easy”. After that, he had the poster of the great player Romario in the rest room of his house. He had the support from his father Katsuhiro, left his home aiming as a professional player at the age of 12 years, and joined the high school and his life pursuing soccer started. His father said, “Hang on until you become the professional player”, and he determined to be dedicatedly spend his life on Soccer. Ohkubo says, “If I think now, I wonder that I made such firm decision with those words!” He called his parents over phone almost daily to hear their voice, and later stood out in the high school as a regular player. He saw the activity of motivation power of the nationwide high school soccer championship victory, and safely advanced towards the professional road. He advanced his career favorably even after entering the professional level, participated in the South African World Cup in 2010 as a representative from Japan, and after that, he was hardly called for representation until now.
Nissan has decided to returns to the 24 Heures du Mans from the year 2015.
Indeed, Nissan is returning to this race after an interval of 16 years.
In this return to the race, it has also announced the name of the machine that will participate in the race as “NISSAN GT-R LM NISMO”.
It is extraordinary that Nissan uses the name of "GT-R", as an expression of self-confidence and determination. Nissan cannot allow losing in the name of “GT-R”!
From this, we can understand the level of seriousness of this time return to 24 Heures du Mans race.
Nissan has also added a happy comment.
“We promise to make the machine that will remain on page 1 of the history. This machine will not only win the 24 Heures du Mans, but also achieve the role of linking the success in the circuit to the success in the stock car, and will be the machine that will be remembered for a many years.”
The other brands that are competing here like the Porsche, Audi, Toyota, and particularly the Porsche that returned this year is a leader of the endurance race for a very long time, and they are not the opponents who can be easily defeated.
I would like to see the level of seriousness of Nissan from next year early.
2015 Honda return to F1
2015 Nissan return to 24 Heures du Mans
The remaining ones are
Toyota return to F1
Mazda return to 24 Heures du Mans return with rotary engine
Return of Subaru and Mitsubishi WRC
Japanese manufacturers have slowly started to get energetic.
A stylish present from M/s.Colnago supplying the road bike to Yukiya participating that race from Europe car!
Yukiya Arashiro
This is the only special machine in the world painted with the “Japan” and “Yukiya Arashiro“ in the Japanese syllable called as Kanji in the pink frame which is the color of Giro d'Italia.
The “Yukiya Arashiro x Giro d'Italia“ version of C60, the 60th anniversary model of M/s.Colnago.
So far Colnago C59 JAPAN
The C59 Japanese champion color model that made the debut in the 6th stage of Tour de France in 2012.
Colnago C59 KIZUNA
Yukiya fractured his left hand and neck by falling from the road bike, and is now recovering from the fracture. This road bike was given to him when he attended the All Japan championship that is the final selection race of London Olympics. The special road bike with the characters of “Yukiya Arashiro” and “Bond” in the Japanese syllable called as Kanji. The intimacy between Yukia and Ernesto (Founder of M/s.Colnago) would not be known unless such a special machine was prepared and given.
Ｍｒ．Ernesto Colnago
It would be happy that we could soon see Yukia riding this road bike from the 4th stage on 13th.
The twin tail refers to the doing of the hairstyle by separating the hair into two halves.
There are girls having this style during their childhood and school days. The “Japanese twin tail society" was formed on February 2nd of this year to spread that twin tail to many people.
http://twintail-japan.com/ The twin tail is a very familiar hairstyle in Japan from the olden days as the habit of doing the hairstyle by separating the hair into two halves. After the 1980’s, it was linked with the subculture like the animation movie and cartoon etc. and accomplishing the original development.
Now, the word called as “Cool Japan” is being published in Japan, and we are surely catching the twin tail as the outlook of that world. You may be surprised that there are lot of “Twin tail lovers” and fans, as it is said that nearly 200,000 people visited the website in just 10 days from the date of launching.
The twin tail appears in lot of the animation produced in Japan. In some way, it might be the most typical Japanese hairstyle.
