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Coming into game 5, the young season had been full of promise. Sometimes in sports it takes only one bad performance to erase hope that...

April 3, 2022. Sunday saw first-place Fukushima United face off against second-place AC Nagano Parceiro. It was an overcast day in...

Here are my very early thoughts on the FIFA World Cup Finals groups. I have put the teams that I think will advance in capital letters:...

I am the proud father of two sons. One is soon to turn ten years old, and the other is six. In Japan, the school year starts in April, so...

American friends and family often ask me questions about religion in Japan. As with answers to most questions, it is complicated. But...

Because of recent thumb and wrist injuries I have suffered, I haven’t been lifting as much as I like to. Instead, I have been focusing on...

Recently, a friend of mine sent me a very interesting link to a digital copy of an old book of Japanese wave patterns. The book is from...

It was a nice spring Sunday in Nagano. U-stadium, the home pitch of AC Nagano Parceiro is inside the grounds of Olympic Park in Nagano...

Monday was the first day of spring, also called the vernal equinox. It is a national holiday in Japan. On all weekends and national...

Coming into Saturday’s game at Fujieda City General Sports Park, AC Nagano Parceiro had not had much success against FC Fujieda. Each...

It was a nice warm day in Fukuoka. The Kanmon Straits were sparkling outside of Mikuni World Stadium. Over 4,000 people were in...

The J3 2022 season kicks off in today. AC Nagano Parceiro will face Kitakyushu. Parciero has a new coach, Yuki Rudolph Stalph, who...

The Cuphead Show is a new cartoon on Netflix. It is based on the video game Cuphead. Cuphead, the game, is great. It is challenging and...

The 2022 season will be my second as a season ticket holder. The local team is AC Nagano Parceiro - the name is Portuguese, and the...

In sports, fitness, and goal setting they say it is not important how many times you fall, but how many times you get back up and try...

February 19, 2022. Toyota Stadium Saturday’s Nagoya Grampus game went about as well as a first game of the season could. The home stadium...

This morning I woke up early to watch a soccer game, Manchester United vs. Middlesbrough. It was an elimination game in the FA Cup....

It's a very average winter day in Nagano. My room smells a little bit like kerosene. My son is eating a warm bowl of oatmeal. Snow is...