A breathtaking photo. I notice that FS Fan Express' taste for covers has improved over time.

 

The cover says that there will be photos from Makuhari & Niigata in it, so that means Kobe photos won't be included and are most likely exclusive for the (very expensive) FaOI official photo book. If that's true, it could explain the Great Kobe Draught of Any Image AT ALL.

 

On a brighter note, it could also mean that the draught won't continue to Niigata. Fingers crossed for the flow of photos & videos to resume its natural course!

 

 

On 6/14/2017 at 11:38 AM, yuzuthebest said:

Re: The project of New ICE RINK SENDAI

A message from   .

 

"I have intensity of thought towards this facility as I've been

commuting to skate there since I was at the age of 4.

I'm overjoyed to hear the news of the renewal of the Ice Rink

Sendai. Looking very much forward to it. "

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A message from Shizuka Arakawa. 

 

"The rink that built the foundation for my skating. Whenever

I come here, it's also the place where I' m relieved. For all local

people, being brought up here, they surely have a lot of their

precious memories, so ample facilities is very meaningful for

them. I'm glad with this news."

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NB: Just come to a thought that during the construction,

       where can he practice his skating when he's in Sendai !? 

 

On 6/14/2017 at 11:02 AM, yuzuthebest said:

http://www.mitsuifudosan.co.jp/corporate/news/2017/0614_01/ 

 

Breaking News 

 

It was announced that ICE RINK SENDAI will be under construction during JUN~NOV, 2017 for a renewal open by MITSUI Real Estate.

Look at the picture,..... "Wow !"

 

Congratulations, .   

Will be back later for further details.

 

The Town to make the most of "the Strength of Sports"

The Project, "Mitsui Real Estate SPORTS LINK CITY FUN-TE!"

has made a start!

 

The Renewal of The Facilities including the ICE RINK SENDAI

and the newly-established Football Park Facilities,etc as the

Base of the Promotion of Sports, the Reconstruction of the

Earthquake-Stricken District and the Regional Revitalization

at Izumi Ward, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture. 

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                                            14.6.2017, Mitsui Real Estate Co.,Ltd.

The President of MRE (Headquarter:Chuo Ward, Tokyo) announced

that the Company decided to have a huge renewal of "Sports Bldg."

inside "Sendai Izumi Shopping Center"(Location: Izumi Ward, Sendai

City, Miyagi Pref.); moreover, at the adjoining land, to newly establish

a football park,named "MIFA Football Park Sendai<a tentative name>"

(Operated by MIFA Co.,Ltd) with the concept of the creation of  the

communications by music & football.

 

The "Sports Bldg." which's to be renewed this time includes Sendai's

the one & only all-year-long Ice Skating Rink,"ICE RINK SENDAI"

(Operated by Kato Shokai CO.,Ltd.) where many of worldwide-known

Top Skaters such as Shizuka Arakawa, Yuzuru Hanyu, and so on has

been produced.

 

The Company has been promoting the town to make the most of

"the strength of sports"and with this way of thinking as the base of

this project, the Company has been making a contribution to the

regional revitalization and the promotion of sports by making use

of this facilities to help connect between people of wide range from

children to adults to enjoy themselves with sports.

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Picture 1: "Mitsui Real Estate SPORTS LINK CITY FUN-TE !"

                  (Image in perspective)

                 Sports Building (ICE RINK SENDAI, etc)

                 MIFA Football Park SENDAI (a tentative name)

                 WILD BEACH (a tentative name)

Picture 2: "ICE RINK SENDAI" Skating Rink after repair

                 (Image in perspective)

Picture 3: "Mitsui Real Estate SPORTS LINK CITY FUN-TE !"

                 (Image in perspective)

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Comments from Shizuka Arakawa & Yuzuru Hanyu , the 2 Top

Skaters who used ICE RINK SENDAI as their Training Base.

S.Arakawa: 2006 Torino Olympics & 2004 WFC Gold Medalist,etc. 

 Y.Hanyu:2014 Sochi Olympics & 2014,2017 WFC Gold Medalist,etc.

(Please refer to the data posted beforehand.)

 

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The Concept & Naming of the Facilities

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"MITSUI REAL ESTATE SPORTS LINK CITY   FUN-TE ! "

Concept :

Use Sports as a core to connect/link with the region, the people and

the future. "SPORTS LINK CITY" is filled with the thoughts of "Linking",

i.e. to link "Town with People", "Present with Future"and "Tohoku

(Northeastern Japan) with the World" by sports which is a common

language for the world as a core which is beyond region, generation

and the distinction of sex.

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Naming :

"FUN-TE !" was named after the "Fountain" which means "Izumi" of

"Izumi Ward". Like water which gives birth to life continuously gushes

out the fountain; we think we would like to make "FUN-TE !" the place

filled with people who can enjoy moving their bodies by doing sports.

Also,"FUN-TE !" has a thought of spreading the "FUN=fun" of sports 

from "TE=hand" to hand.

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An Outline of Main Renewal

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"Sports Bldg."(2017) of "ICE RINK SENDAI": the Exterior

"ICE RINK SENDAI": Inside the facilities

"ICE RINK SENDAI" is the one & only all-year-long ice rink in Sendai 

or 1 out of 2 facilities even in Tohoku Area...The renewal for this time 

is to newly-establish the following spaces: the Interior & Exterior,

Locker Room, Lesson Room, Meeting Space, Lounge, Exhibition

Space, etc. Taking this opportunity of renewal, we fixed our aim of

making the facilities which will be loved and used by many more 

figure skating lovers and also will be able to produce more of Top

Skaters in the future.

 Besides, even during the Renewal Construction, the rink will 

     be open as usual. ( Except for some period of time)

     (Please refer to Homepage Address of "ICE RINK SENDAI"

      as shown on the inserted Media link Address. )

___________________________________________________________

Picture 1: The Sports Bldg. after renewal

Picture 2: The Lounge after renewal 

                (Both are the images in perspective)

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The History of "Mitsui Real Estate & ICE RINK SENDAI"

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Skating Rink:

Nov 1988      The opening of Sendai Izumi Shopping Center

                     The opening of Skating Rink(Currently ICE RINK SENDAI)

Dec 2004     The close of the Skating Rink

Mar 2007     The reopening of the Skating Rink: "ICE RINK SENDAI"

Mar 2011     The suspension of the "ICE RINK SENDAI" due to

                     the hit of The Great East Japan Earthquake 

Jul 24, 2011 The reopening of the "ICE RINK SENDAI"

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***The Company in concern with the Skating Rink:

Nov 1988          The promotion of the Development 

Mar 2007          By the invitation of Kato-Shokai Co.,Ltd., the re-

                         investment in equipments to reopen the Rink.

Mar~Jul, 2011  The repair constructions were done for Sendai Izumi

                         Shopping Center incl. "IRS" for the reopening.

 

***The Company was the developer of Sendai Izumi Shopping Center

    and sold it in 1995. In Dec, 2005, a company for special purpose  

    which was invested by the Company bought the Shopping Center

    and at the present time, it belongs to the Company.

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The planned Outline of "M.R.E. SPORTS LINK CITY FUN-TE !"

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Address             9-2,Takadama-cho, Izumi-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-Ken.

Transportation  15 mins. on foot from Izumi-Chuo Station,Sendai Metro

Facilities                 1) "Sports Bldg." ("ICE RINK SENDAI",etc)

                               2) "MIFA Football Park SENDAI(t.n.)"

                               3) "WILD BEACH SENDAI(t.n.)"

Total Floor Space   1) Approx. 5,628 m2

                               2) Approx. 250 m2 (Club House Bldg.)

                               3) Approx. 277 m2 (Restaurant Bldg.)

Shops                    "ICE RINK SENDAI","JOYFIT SPA Sendai Izumi",

                               "GOGO Curry Sendai Izumi", Stadium Shop

Schedule                 1)Renewal Construction: Jun~Nov, 2017

                                2)New Construction for"MIFA F.P. SENDAI":

                                   Dec 2017~Spring 2018

Design&Construction      1) Mitsui-Sumitomo Construction Co.,Ltd.

                                        2) コスモスモアCo.,Ltd.

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     and  .

9 minutes ago, yuzuthebest said:

     and  .

No, thank YOU for this! 

And glad to read that the rink will remain open while the construction is ongoing :D 

28 minutes ago, yuzuthebest said:

 

The Town to make the most of "the Strength of Sports"

The Project, "Mitsui Real Estate SPORTS LINK CITY FUN-TE!"

has made a start!

 

Thank you so much for always providing us with quick translations

I saw these and thought of Yuzu 

source

 

Truffles wrapped in edible gold leaf 

4 hours ago, PomeloPooh said:

The cover says that there will be photos from Makuhari & Niigata in it, so that means Kobe photos won't be included and are most likely exclusive for the (very expensive) FaOI official photo book. If that's true, it could explain the Great Kobe Draught of Any Image AT ALL.

 

On a brighter note, it could also mean that the draught won't continue to Niigata. Fingers crossed for the flow of photos & videos to resume its natural course!

 

 

Great finding! I didn't pay attention to "Niigata" on cover.

Fan Express relies solely on photo agencies like Aflo, so if it announces Makuhari AND Kobe, this means there'd be photographers from such agencies in Niigata.

On the other hand some twitter report from Friday Kobe show mentioned that there were no photographers - so only photos will be made by those 3 photographers, whose photos will be used for photobook.

9 hours ago, liha said:

 

would this involve Yuzu nyaning at us with every order  

 

Actually not. No shop liability insurance would cover the amount of emergency car calls due to fainting etc, so including Yuzu nyans would not be a practical business model. 

 

Sadly.

 

22 minutes ago, 五十嵐 美幸 said:

 

Actually not. No shop liability insurance would cover the amount of emergency car calls due to fainting etc, so including Yuzu nyans would not be a practical business model. 

 

Sadly.

 

Shiiiiit now i want to hear him say "nyan!"

6 minutes ago, Hydroblade said:

Shiiiiit now i want to hear him say "nyan!"

Wow I literally just said the same sentence in my head before scrolling down and seeing your comment. I imagine it to sound very very cute

13 minutes ago, Hydroblade said:

Shiiiiit now i want to hear him say "nyan!"

 

You and me and I'm pretty sure every other member on this forum, too.

 

Nyaaaaaaannn...

 

9 minutes ago, 五十嵐 美幸 said:

 

You and me and I'm pretty sure every other member on this forum, too.

 

Nyaaaaaaannn...

 

Can he get any cuter 

https://mobile.twitter.com/miruku0723/status/874920163778461696

 

Just a piece of information about 's Home Rink. 

 

According to this twitter, when she visited the "Ice Rink Sendai("Irene")"

the other day, things there has already begun to change! For example,

the coin lockers, the vending machines, etc., were moved to different

places( not yet to the level of dismantlement).

 

I suppose what to be disappointed most if you are to be there should

be... all those exhibits in the showcases were all been removed 

(OT:As a matter of fact, my family and I made a 3-day trip to there

during Tanabata Festival last year and enjoyed all those "places & 

things to do with Yuzu"....like a dream, so you know, it's kind of you

suddenly have a hole in your heart...Well, things are getting better

for Yuzu and everyone there, so...let's smile  )

 

There was also an info there about the "JOYFIT" that their facilities

would start the renewal from this August.

 

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1908828499332890&id=1581188472096896&substory_index=0

Did you see this ?

6 minutes ago, yuzuthebest said:

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1908828499332890&id=1581188472096896&substory_index=0

Did you see this ?