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Tokyo Dome on March 3, 2006, the first day of the WBC's Asian Round.

Tokyo Dome

Front entrance to Tokyo Dome. Japan plays its first WBC game and the opponent is China.

Chinese team is introduced.

Japan's National Anthem is played.

Tommy Lasorda after throwing the flubbed first pitch.He just threw the ball right on the ground like he wanted to throw it away. It wasn't a pitch at all. What was his problem?

Crowd behind homeplate. 16,000 yen seats.

China at bat.

Pitcher Koji Uehara, originally from the Yomiuri Giants.Unfortunately, Daisuke Matsusaka did not pitch this night.

Ichiro in right field.

Ichiro at bat

Right to left: Ichiro hits and reaches 1st base.

Ichiro at 1st base.

Thanks to a homer by a teammate, Ichiro trots past 3rd base.

Ichiro and another go round 3rd base as China looks on helplessly.

Ichiro reaches home as the umpire makes sure Ichiro steps on homeplate.

Head coach Sadaharu Oh (extreme right).Also on the left, see Ichiro in the dugout.

China's pitcher and catcher in a conference.

Tokyo Dome

Ichiro at bat. Japan wins 18-2.

The 1st Shiga B-grade (B-kyu) Gourmet Battle was held in Otsu on July 30-31, 2011 on the Hama-Otsu lakefront. B-class (B-kyu in Japanese) gourmet is food that is cheap and aimed for the working class. It could also be good 'ol home cooking. *Note that this event is no longer held annually.

B-grade food festivals have proven to be popular in various parts of Japan and Shiga finally started its own. With an estimated 120,000 attendees over the two-day period, Shiga's first B-class food fest was wildly popular as you can see by this crowd

Long lines were the norm at most food booths lined along the lakefront.

There was hardly any crowd control nor crowd direction. We just had to work our way through the lines when moving to another booth. Some lines extended all the way to the hotel behind the park.

All the B-grade food served had some homegrown ingredient from Shiga. Whether it was Omi-gyu beef, red devil's tongue, Omi-mai rice, or Biwako fish. This is yaki-udon noodles.

They employed a ticket system, so we had to buy a book of tickets. Each ticket was worth 100 yen and the food was priced from 100 to 500 yen.

Cold noodles with Omi beef.

I went on the second day in mid-afternoon and already many booths had sold out. This is a "Sold out" (kanbai 完売) sign.

However, I did manage to buy some food at a few booths, and all were very good. Tasty like I've never tasted before. Unique and original dishes I would say. This is red devil's tongue with gravied bread.

Fried fish and sweet beans over rice. Interesting combination.

Omi Italian sausage. Hot dog like I've never tasted before. Very good.

Fish from Okishima island. 200 yen per pack.

Matcha shaved ice for dessert. I ended up buying two 1000-yen ticket books. Cheap food, but you want to try as much as possible and end up spending around 2,000 yen.

It was a gourmet battle, so we could vote for our favorite B-class food by throwing away the wooden chopsticks in the these trash bins for each food booth. They weighed these bags of chopsticks and the heaviest won the battle.

The B-grade gourmet battle was part of the Hama-Otsu Summer Festa which included a free jazz concert. I'm sure they will hold this B-class Gourmet food festival every year. Don't miss it, and go early.

A total of five 90-min. Hawaiian seminars were held during Ikaho's Hawaiian festival in Aug. 2008, and they were all taught by kumu hula Aloha Dalire who was very well received by the (thrilled) students.

Kumu hula Aloha Dalire explains that she is a 7th-generation kumu hula in her family, and produced five Miss Aloha Hulas at the Merrie Monarch Festival in Hilo, including all three of her daughters and Kuhi Suganuma, the 2008 Miss Aloha Hula.

Aloha Dalire taught seminars in hula history, Hawaiian expression, and lei-making (pictured here). She brought a boxful of a'ali'i flowers for lei-making. All the students had heard of the flower, but it was the first time for them to see it.

Aloha also taught two hula workshops. For the first workshop, she taught the song "Nani Lawa'i" (sung by Na Palapalai). First, she had the students close their eyes and listen to the song.

Aloha Dalire teaching hula in Ikaho. The Hawaiian workshops were held at the Ikaho Kaikan Hall in central Ikaho. アロハ・ダリレが教えるフラセミナー

For the second hula workshop, Aloha taught the song "Nani Manoa." The workshops were held at Ikaho Kaikan hall. 伊香保会館

It cost 30,000 yen to take all five seminars or 10,000 yen for one seminar. The hula seminars were the most popular. Free ukulele lessons were also taught at a different venue by a Japanese teacher.

Students who attended all five Hawaiian seminars were given a Certificate of Completion signed by Aloha Dalire who enjoyed teaching the seminars. She then freely signed autographs and took pictures with the students.

Inside the Tobu bus.

Wooden floor.

Cab-over bus has the driver's cab over the engine.

Bus driver's seat

Made by Fuji Motors and Nissan in 1951.

The bus was salvaged in the mid-1960s.

The bus was salvaged in the mid-1960s and restored.

The one-day Classic Car Festival is held by the Toyota Automobile Museum (トヨタ博物館) in the city of Nagakute near Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. It's held in Nagakute in spring and in Tokyo in autumn.Chevy Bel Air Wagon, 1957. Friendly drivers wave to spectators.

In Nagakute, they first had this classic car parade along normal streets. About 150 cars started and ended at the Aichi Expo 2005 park. They drove from 9 am to 11 am.1960 Corvette C1. The first-generation Vette.

The festival was not only about Toyota. They also had classic cars from different makers, even Nissan. 1962 Toyopet Crown

The classic car parade was not a continuous parade. They came in separate groups mixed in with regular traffic. 1964 Prince Gloria Super6

All the cars were numbered and they passed out brochures listing the cars by number so we could identify them including their owners. 1964 Honda S600

The classic car parade wasn't that crowded. The parade route was quite long. This is near Geidai-dori Station which is near the Toyota Automobile Museum. 1964 Lotus Elan 26R

1960 Messerschmitt KR200

1965 Prince Skyline 2000GT-B

1965 Porsche 912

1966 Toyota Sports 800

1967 Toyopet (Toyota) Corona Hardtop 1500S

Three-wheeler, Mazda T2000 from 1967.

1969 Citroen DS21

1969 Corvette C3 427

This is a three-wheeler, Daihatsu Midget from 1970.

1971 Honda Z360 GT

1972 Nissan (Datsun) Fairlady 240ZG

1973 Datsun Sunny Excellent GX

1973 Dino 246GT

This is the Aichi Expo 2005 park where the classic cars that paraded in the morning were displayed. Free shuttle buses from the Toyota Automobile Museum were provided to the park.

We could talk to the car owners, see the interior, under the hood, etc.

1928 Ford Model A

Mazda Cosmo

Maroon 1967 Mustang.

Toyota Automobile Museum has a world-class collection of classic cars, not just Toyota. A huge complex of cars. More like an art museum of automobile sculpture. The cars are beautiful works of art.From JR Nagoya Station, it takes about 45 min. to the museum by subway and train. First take the Higashiyama subway line to Fujigaoka. Then transfer to the Linomo Line. Get off at Geidai-dori Station. Museum is a short walk away.

Entrance to the Toyota Automobile Museum.

The museum's first exhibition room is full of the earliest cars, including this Japanese rickshaw from the late 19th century.

The world's first automobile. Benz Patent Motor Car (replica) from 1886 by the company that would become Mercedes-Benz.

Very early classic car collection.

Oldsmobile, 1902.

Cadillac Model Thirty, 1912. No hand crank to start the car was a revolutionary feature.

Duesenberg Model J, 1929. Beautifully restored.

Duesenberg Model J, 1929.

Duesenberg's side mirrors are strapped onto the spare tire.

Gangster car (wish it were black) you see in the movies.

Toyoda Model AA replica, Toyota's first passenger car from 1936.

Rolls Royce

Mercedes-Benz 500K from 1935.

Packard Twelve "Roosevelt's Car" (FDR) from 1939.

Hood ornament on Packard Twelve "Roosevelt's Car" (FDR) from 1939.

Mercedes-Benz 300SL Coupe from 1955, one of the most beautiful cars ever designed. Photos don't do it justice. Expect a selling price of 7 figures in dollars.

Thunderbird

Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz, 1959. Super huge car with tail fins. Bigger than a battleship. Those were the days.

Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz, 1959.

Fins on Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz, 1959.

Toyota Land Cruiser

Valiant

Ford Mustang, 1964.

1964 Ford Mustang

240Z (Nissan Fairlady Z), 1970.

1970 Toyota Celica

1979 Ferrari BB512 Berlinetta Boxer

Corvair

1975 Honda Civic

Lexus LFA from 2009. Toyota's first super car. Only 500 were sold.

Toyota i-REAL, Wheelchair

Annex building connected by an overpass.

Inside Annex building

Toyota 2000GT from 1967. The museum is celebrating this car's 50th anniversary. So they have a few of these on display in 2017.Made famous by James Bond in "You Only Live Twice." But the film featured a custom-made convertible instead (only two convertibles were made, both for the film). Design was inspired by the Jaguar.

DeLorean, 1982.

Old fire truck

Fire engine

Classic Japanese household appliances from the 1950s-1960s.

Daihatsu Midget Model MP5, 1963. Love these three-wheelers.

Museum gift shop

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