Kansai News » Kansai Sports http://kansainews.com News for the Kansai area of Japan in English! Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:38:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Northern Kyoto Receiving Snow Four Days http://kansainews.com/2011/01/17/northern-kyoto-receiving-snow-four-days/ http://kansainews.com/2011/01/17/northern-kyoto-receiving-snow-four-days/#comments Mon, 17 Jan 2011 03:36:32 +0000 Kyle Yates http://kansainews.com/2011/01/17/northern-kyoto-receiving-snow-four-days/ The latest storm to hit Japan has brought snow from Hokkaido to as far south as Kyushu along with lows below freezing.

For the past four days cities and towns up and down the Japan seaside have been getting snow.

The snow in Kyoto City (4cm) pales in comparison to the amount being dumped on the northern areas of Kyoto.

Current conditions for powder-skiing are ripe most anywhere in Japan!

Snowy Kamogawa Kyoto Japan

Snowy Kamogawa

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Daisuke Takahashi

Daisuke Takahashi Wins Bronze!

Daisuke Takahashi is the 2010 Olympic bronze medalist!

Daisuke performed well enough to get the bronze medal in the 2010 Olympics even after falling on his quad attempt at the beginning of his last program giving Japan its first Olympic medal in a men’s singles figure skating event.

Learn to Skate Faster!

Takahashi is a student at Kansai University in Osaka. In Osaka, Japan, he trains under coach Utako Nagamitsu.

Way to go Daisuke! Everyone in the Kansai area of Japan is proud of you, foreign and Japanese alike!

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