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hit up Gordi. He lives there. Missed this one! Actually I live in Nara, about half an hour by train from Osaka, but close enough... There used to be a New Japan shop in Metro Hotel in the Doutonbori area of Namba, but I think it's closed now. Mr. Hito had a small shop, also in Namba, but he passed away in 2010 (RIP, my friend). As far as I know, there are sadly no puroresu shops in Osaka any more. Bodymaker Colosseum is the new name for Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium. It's also in Namba. Lots of cheap hotels there. Definitely recommend going to an Osaka Pro show (in Umeda) and a Kuuga Produce show (in the old Osaka Pro arena in, you guessed it, Namba) while you're here!

Yes. Absolutely. Lose weight and build muscle and you will almost certainly wake up feeling much, much better. There's bound to be an adjustment period, but if you man up and get through the rough spots it'll get easier and easier to keep eating better and exercising regularly. Your body wants to move,and it wants to get some real nutrition. It will reward you if you give it those things. It will punish you if you do not. Me in 2006: Me in 2008: Me in 2011: Me, yesterday: It comes down to consistent effort over a long period of time, persistently getting back on track every time you fall off... I feel great now, I'm healthy, I'm enjoying my life more than I thought would be possible at my age (47)... It sucks at first, but it gets easier and eventually your body just starts craving exercise and good food... and it's totally worth it.

Glico's a HYUUGE candy and processed food conglomerate. They own Pocky. That alone gives them essentially unlimited money to throw away on ego projects. Also: Pretz, Cheeza, Papico, Juku Curry, Happy Pucchin Pudding... all of their proprietary brands are hugely popular, plus they make breakfast meats, sausages, instant noodles... You see the Glico logo on every kind of unhealthy and tasty thing over here. I doubt a week has gone by since I moved to Japan when I didn't consume some kind of Gliko product. If they are really into supporting Muto, that's gigantic news. I'd have to assume they are the kind of company that could literally throw millions into this and laugh it off as a tax dodge.

I screwed up. Months ago, I had promised to do security for a reggae festival that was being promoted by a group of friends. Doing concert security is pretty easy in Japan. People almost never get seriously violent in public here. Also, reggae fans in general tend to be pretty mellow. It was fun. I enjoyed it, and I'm always happy to help out my friends. Only... that festival was on August 4th. My heart sank when I figured out that keeping my promise meant I wasn't going to the G-1. Also, I figured Murphy's Law being the way it is more or less guaranteed it would be a great show and that Ishii vs. Shibata would be a MOTYC. I was afraid to look in this thread because I didn't want to know what I'd missed. Serves me right for humble-bragging about it.

I keep meaning to try it. You can even buy it in convenience stores over here.

Kuishinbou, hanging with Tako in his new bar AM3. I love them too, brother!

It's 2013 now, which is the time in the future where 1980's "Days of Future Past" X-Men saga was set. To honour that, I'm re-reading it now. It's pretty damned good stuff, somehow better than I remembered it... maybe partly because the Claremont/Byrne style is a huge nostalgia trip for me. I might even see if I can dig up season one of the X-Men cartoon and have a look at their take on the story.

Today, I re-watched Shibata's matches vs. Tenzan and vs. Kawada from the '04 G-1. I'm pretty stoked to see him again in August.

For some illogical reason, I fully expect Naito vs. MiSu to be a HUGE disappointment. I seriously can't explain why I feel that way.

I'm pretty much just trying to get myself more worked up for it. Your post helped. Thanks!

NJPW, 8/4/13 (WPW) Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium 1. G1 Climax - Block B: Toru Yano vs. Yujiro Takahashi 2. G1 Climax - Block B: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Karl Anderson 3. G1 Climax - Block B: Yuji Nagata vs. Shelton Benjamin 4. G1 Climax - Block A: Satoshi Kojima vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr. 5. G1 Climax - Block A: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Katsuyori Shibata 6. G1 Climax - Block A: Hirooki Goto vs. Lance Archer 7. G1 Climax - Block B: Tetsuya Naito vs. Minoru Suzuki 8. G1 Climax - Block A: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Prince Devitt 9. G1 Climax - Block A: Togi Makabe vs. Kazuchika Okada 10. G1 Climax - Block B: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kota Ibushi If you were me, how much effort would you put into seeing this card? I've been to two G-1s and two CCs in Osaka, and my sense is that getting two very good-to-excellent matches on one card is enough to make me feel like it was money well spent. This has the potential for three, maybe even four genuinely good matches... and also the potential for a from-my-perspective MOTYC if they give Shibata and Ishii some time and they use it well. But... at least six of those matches have the potential to be really bad, as well. I'll most likely go... ut I'd like to get some more opinions on that card.