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While the American male skater is getting attention for performing the 1st legal backflip landing on one skate, let's acknowledge the 1st person to have done this: a Black French girl, Surya Bonaly. She, however, lost points for doing it.

"Regarding the criticism she received during her career, Bonaly said she was “born too early,” ...

“I broke ice for other skaters,”...“Now everything is different. People welcome anyone as long as they are good & that is what life is about.”

benroyce ,
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@CStamp

's story at the 1998 is a marvel

She committed an error and was out of medal contention. So she went "fuck it, if the judges don't appreciate me for my athletic gifts, I am going to win on my own terms" and was the first Olympic woman to do a in on one blade

And sure enough, we talk about that today more than anything else from then

"Fuck the haters, I'll win on my terms, I'm going to live my life"

Be like Surya

a vertical video describing the story of surya bonaly at the 1998 olympics consisting of many shots of that competition and previous competitions where the backflip was performed credit: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zdCOa7JAmvc

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Japan’s Winter Olympic team may compete under one flag, but it reflects a surprisingly wide mix of climates, regions and hometown cultures. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2026/02/04/japan-olympic-athlete-regions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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An Australian woman has died after her backpack got caught on a ski lift on a Japanese mountain, which left her suspended in midair after she attempted to disembark. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/03/japan/australia-ski-lift-death/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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A farm in Nagano Prefecture is working to save a Japanese horse breed called the Kiso horse, with only about 140 such horses remaining in the country. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/16/japan/preserving-kiso-horse/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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A rescue worker recalled being rendered speechless upon first seeing the 2016 crash of a ski tour bus in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, that killed 15 people and injured 26 others. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/15/japan/ski-bus-tragedy-anniversary/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

Japanese lodge refuses to host Israeli tourists, prompting protest from Jerusalem (Ynet News, 2025-12-16) ( www.ynetnews.com )

>> The incident, which occurred in October, involved an Israeli travel planner who customizes trips to Japan for Israeli clients reached out to Hakuba Lodge Co-op, which operates 17 lodges and ski resorts in #Nagano and other regions, to inquire about accommodation options for the upcoming winter. ...

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A ski resort in Japan said Friday it had received reports of bear sightings, while separately the nation picked the kanji character for a bear as its symbol for 2025. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/12/japan/society/bear-ski-resort-nagano/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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Title: House in Ontake (1951)

Artist: Kasamatsu Shiro

https://www.go-nagano.net/en/trip-idea/id19786

An autumn afternoon at a farmhouse on Mount Ontake, on the border of Nagano and Gifu. A tall tree stands in the centre of the image, its leaves a bright orange-red with the season. On our right, a path leads up and away from the traditional-style thatched-roof house; on the left, a farmer approaches the front door of the house, carrying what looks like daikon in a woven basket on their back, and a branch of persimmons in their right hand. A trio of white chickens waits on the doorstep of the farmhouse.
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The nation's Ground Self-Defense Force is preparing to dispatch personnel to Akita Prefecture to assist with measures against wild bears following a series of attacks. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/02/japan/sdf-bear-capture-participation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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The Nagano District Court has sentenced Masanori Aoki, 34, to death for the 2023 killings of four people in the city of Nakano, Nagano Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/14/japan/crime-legal/japan-quadruple-murder-ruling-death-penalty/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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About 60 people mourned the victims of the eruption of Mount Ontake in central Japan 11 years ago in a memorial ceremony on Saturday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/28/japan/mount-ontake-eruption-11-years-on/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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A man charged with the 2023 murder of four people in Nagano Prefecture has indicated his intention to keep silent during the first court hearing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/04/japan/crime-legal/defendant-nagano-murder-silent/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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As extreme heat continues to grip Japan, a tectonic shift may be underway in the nation’s summer tourism scene toward cooler locations. But recent temperature spikes in mountainous areas show there may be no escape. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/08/24/climate-change/heat-waves-cooler-vacation-destinations/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko visited the Ohinata settlement in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, during their summer break in the resort town. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/24/japan/emperor-emeritus-postwar-settlement/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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Facing the growing threat of defeat, the military planned to move its headquarters from Tokyo to an area that is now a part of the city of Nagano. Construction continued until the day of Japan's surrender in the war. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/19/japan/society/nagano-hq-replacement/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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The resort town of Karuizawa has long been associated with summer retreats, and serves as a muse of sorts to writers such as Minae Mizumura who sees it as being uniquely situated between Japanese and Western culture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/07/08/books/minae-mizumura-karuizawa-literature/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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A man accused of stabbing a University of Tokyo student at Todaimae Station last week told police he was partly motivated by financial struggles and a desire to make a statement about what he saw as educational abuse. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/12/japan/crime-legal/todaimae-stabbing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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Average Landscape 0001

Average Landscapes series, mean pixel values of frames in landscape videos
Nagano, Japan, January 2025

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A strong earthquake jolted Nagano Prefecture on Friday night, registering up to lower 5 on the shindo seismic scale to 7. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/18/japan/nagano-quake/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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Three people have been attacked by a bear in their residences in Iyama, Nagano Prefecture, with two of them suffering serious injuries. The whereabouts of the bear are unknown. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/10/japan/bear-nagano-injuries/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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A public-private partnership is leveraging data science to develop Japanese sake products tailored to wine culture markets like Europe and the United States. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/28/japan/japanese-sake-data-science/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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Three banks based in central Japan are teaming up to combat the enduring challenge of a dwindling population that’s threatening their long-term viability. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/28/japan/banks-alliance-depopulation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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The suspect in the Nagano Station stabbings remained inside his home from at least Friday evening until his arrest on Sunday, police said Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/28/japan/crime-legal/nagano-stabbing-appearance/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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The 46-year-old suspect in last week's fatal stabbing near Nagano Station was sent to prosecutors Monday, police said, following the attack that left one dead and two others injured. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/27/japan/crime-legal/nagano-stabbing-prosecutors/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon