Category Archives: General News

Fuji Susono Marathon

Here are some pictures from last weekend’s half-marathon What better way to finish a long slow run than eating a healthy lunch?

Sunrise at the beach

Just after 5 am on Friday morning

Pizzas of the week

A few snapshots of last week’s pizzas Slightly different…you have to look carefully to see the difference

New wetsuit!

28th Nihondaira Sakura Marathon

After a long hiatus from running, I decided to the 10k race at the 28th Nihondaira Sakura Marathon. Of course, the name of marathon includes “sakura” which is cherry blossom in English, so here is an essential photo:   I convinced a friend to join me and we trained for about 12 weeks for the [...]

Blogging on the go

I just got a new iPhone 4s. I am hoping that the convenience of mobile blogging will help me write more. Here’s a few pictures I took with my new phone.

Long time, no posts…

Well, I haven’t been to the beach yet this winter… Hopefully, next week I’ll be able to get in a session or two. Here’s a screen shot of my interview on Fuji TV a few weeks ago.  I think they talked to me for about 10 minutes to make a 4-second clip.  Haha For those [...]

New Point

Haven’t been in the water for a couple of weeks. The wave forecast wasn’t very optimistic, but I really wanted to get in a session. I planned to meet at 6:30 at Yoshida but when I arrived, there was only 1 person there and he wasn’t getting ready to surf… Oh. After taking a peek, [...]

July 17th

Not a good day for surfing – heavy rain with a bit of thunder and lightning mixed in.  Apparently, it was good for fishing though… It’s a little bit blurry because of the rain, but all of the spots on the horizon are fishing boats!!

One One One (January 11th)

Today was a day of many number ones.  Of course, it is the 11th day of the first month – making 3 ones.  It was my surf outing of 2009 and it was also my first time to wear my new wetsuit. It was the first time for me to wear my gloves and boots [...]