Perelandra

Sarah has dome amazing work translating a lot of content so that we can understand Yuzu. A thousand thanks

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Maybe the programme makers thought the snippets Yuzu sitting in the spectator seats, Yuzu practising, Yuzu penguin running, Yuzu and his gift bag and the Arigatou with the skaters would be enough crumbs. Ah well sigh. We are sustained for a couple of days

Great to see Yuzu leading the skaters back stage in shouting Arigatou Gozai mashita

Crikey not meza mashied again. I remember that particular broadcast with the police chase, a golfer, some celebrity who'd caused trouble whilst being drunk and permanently repeating the same news items for almost 2 hours until finally .... drum roll 15 seconds of Yuzu Totally worth it Edit:the saddest part, it made me laugh pretty much all that week just to think of the episode

I really like Dr Pepper. Saw chocopies all the different varieties in 7/11 but though that they looked naughty and also felt guilty about buying Western looking food whilst in Japan. Bought Hagi no Tsuki instead and the Sakura version, down to the last one of each

It's a great to see Yuzu backstage in his costumes, to see Yuzu carrying the Gift bag is even better. " Yes indeed, there was an ice show called Gift, at Tokyo Dome no less"

Panda Zuzu

English translations A thousand thanks to Sarah S for lovely work on translations, very speedy as well.

Yuzu is encouraging all the mascots to try off ice jumping - BDD, Yappei, the other weather mascot, crazy antics

robot dance

Are the regular presenters asking Yuzu to move around the studio to see Yuzu's penguin running? Very cute Yappei is clearly fanyu, making everyone else very envious ( edit - spelled mascot name wrong, moushiwake gozai masen ) Yuzu looks great. Loving the show even without subtitles

Selection of little figurines from Gift

with Kumamon performing Ballade

People may already be aware of this. As well as being able to vote once per day, it is also possible to vote once per day on different device. One can vote on phone and then on computer/laptop Yuzu back up to over 53% now. Keep voting

Arigatou Gozai mashita

The Daily Spread Eagle A Night of Remembrance - Notte Stellata March 11th 2011 was a day of terrible tragedy, Emperor Hanyu was still a young princeling when an earthquake struck Planet Hanyu. Land collapsed into the sea and a one of the northern settlements close to the sacred ice caves was engulfed by the ocean and thus thousands of Pooh bears perished. The young princeling Emperor had been present in the sacred caves with his tutor, learning some of the rituals of the ice. The earthquake was extremely powerful and it dislodged huge icicles from the roof of the cavern, placing the young prince and his tutor in mortal peril, in panic they ran still wearing their ice blades and fortunately escaped unharmed from the caves. The northern Palace and surrounding settlements were uninhabitable and all of the inhabitants were forced to make rudimentary shelters with whatever they could salvage and survive those first few nights as best they could. As darkness fell on that dreadful night young Prince Hanyu saw the stars blaze into life in the night sky. As he gazed at the stars Prince Hanyu felt hope stir in his heart and he vowed that he would do everything he could to help rebuild the north country. Life in those first few days following the earthquake were very bleak, roads were destroyed and aid from the south took an age to arrive. The Prince joined groups of Poohs, foraging for food and trying to find usable material for better shelters, everything seemed hopeless. Eventually aid convoys arrived and Prince Hanyu was summoned to settlements with usable ice caves and encouraged to resume his studies of the ice rituals. Prince Hanyu felt a great deal of guilt for abandoning the inhabitants of the North, but he soon came to understand that it was through the ice rituals that he would best be able to help those in the North. Over time Prince Hanyu came into his power and eventually became Emperor. Many tales are told of this great feat. Yet the young Prince kept his promise, he never forgot the earthquake, the days of anguish in the immediate aftermath and the inhabitants of the North. They suffered many hardships, having lost loved ones, their homes and livelihoods and worse still the receding waters had polluted the land leaving once fertile fields to become overgrown by the horrid Paporika weeds. On each anniversary of the earthquake Prince Hanyu perfromed special ritual in private, he applied himself unwaveringly to his studies of the ice rituals and ensured that recovery efforts continued until the lands of the north were able to rebuild and heal. Twelve years on the Emperor declared that it was time to officially remeber the day of the earthquake to remember and honour those who had been lost, those who had suffered loss and look o the future together. The Poohs of the Northern clans rejoiced and gathered at the ice caves to greet and applaud their beloved Emperor Hanyu. To the delight of the crowds of Poohs not only had Emperor Hanyu journeyed north to the ice caves, he was joined by his friends who would join the Emperor in performing ice rituals and even more impressive the King of the Summer lands had accompanied the Ice Emperor. The rituals began with story of the Swan coming to bless the House of Hanyu, the Emperors friends brought stories of their own - a dance of fire, a song of mournful beauty, a dance of moonlight, a love story and many other great and wondrous tales. The highlight was performance by both the Emperor of the ice and King of Summer as they conquered chaos to bring order and peace. The ritual ended with a tale of springtime. At long last the souls of those who passed would be given peace. The northern settlements had seen much progress and rebuilding and the Paporika weeds had been eradicated, in part helped by the gold dust eruption of Mount Irene last July. Just before Emperor Hanyu had returned to the North, some baby Poohs had been born a pale pink colour like the Sakura blossoms and the Emperor's tree was about to flower in the grounds of Palace Hanyu. The Emperor had been very emotional during the Remembrance but at last he had also found peace. The Emperor bade the northern clans farewell as he had duties in other parts of the realm. Apologies for the delayed reporting, your reporter has been occupied with the Imperial Spring time tour