<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6880332604711411769</id><updated>2011-07-31T05:52:38.738+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Chika, the champion</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chikathechampion.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6880332604711411769/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chikathechampion.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>azuma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01067327414933942581</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>9</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6880332604711411769.post-8805430477988957690</id><published>2009-08-02T22:44:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2009-08-02T22:46:08.597+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Bon Voyage, Chika! / 久松さん、頑張って下さい！</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.co.jp/lh/photo/K-x9B-OyTasampjy9QFN3w?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_ij3V8XLjkqM/SnWXqiXJhmI/AAAAAAAACyM/Zw9fHlqGv7Y/s400/IMG_0639.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6880332604711411769-8805430477988957690?l=chikathechampion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6880332604711411769/posts/default/8805430477988957690'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6880332604711411769/posts/default/8805430477988957690'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chikathechampion.blogspot.com/2009/08/bon-voyage-chika.html' title='Bon Voyage, Chika! / 久松さん、頑張って下さい！'/><author><name>azuma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01067327414933942581</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh5.ggpht.com/_ij3V8XLjkqM/SnWXqiXJhmI/AAAAAAAACyM/Zw9fHlqGv7Y/s72-c/IMG_0639.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6880332604711411769.post-8571575315080213058</id><published>2009-08-01T23:59:00.020+09:00</published><updated>2009-08-02T22:44:16.455+09:00</updated><title type='text'>The Bon Voyage Party for TM Hisamatsu, All Japan (Distrct 76) Speech Constest Champion, in Tokyo! August 1st</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;strong&gt;全日本（District76)スピーチコンテスト久松さん壮行会（8月1日、東京）&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);"&gt;+++++&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Please come and join the Bon Voyage party for Chika Hisamatu, 2009 District 76 Champion who is going to compete in the Inter-District speech contest on Tuesday, August 11 at the MGM Grand at Foxwoods in Mashantucket, Connecticut.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;+++++&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;District76の代表として、8月11日コネチカット州マシュハントゥケットのMGMグランド・アット・フォックスウッドで開催されるインターディストリクトスピーチコンテストに参戦される2009年度ディストリクトチャンピオンの久松さんの壮行会にぜひお越しください。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);"&gt;+++++++&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;----------------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);"&gt;+++++++&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When /日時:&lt;/strong&gt; Saturday, August 1, 2009 / 2009年8月1日（土）&lt;br /&gt;18:00 - 20:00 (Doors Open：17:15/受付開始：17:15)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Ij71s58xpgEwZtoH3zverA?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);"&gt;+++++++&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Where / 会場:&lt;/strong&gt; Hatoyama Kaikan (See below photo. Otowa, Bunkyo, Tokyo) / 鳩山会館（下記写真。東京都文京区音羽）&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);"&gt;+++++++&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Ij71s58xpgEwZtoH3zverA?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_ij3V8XLjkqM/SkV00Rrjo8I/AAAAAAAACOs/fqqTYP4d6Jc/s400/12_Ext_IMG_0001_55.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;*****&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost /&lt;/strong&gt;　会費：　4000 yen  / 4000円&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;*****&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);"&gt;++++&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://chikathechampion.blogspot.com/2009/07/send-your-message-to-chika.html"&gt;Send your message to Champion Hisamatsu! / 久松さんにメッセージを送る！&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;*****&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);"&gt;++++&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Contact /&lt;/strong&gt;　お問い合わせ : &lt;a href="mailto:info.chika.sokokai@gmail.com"&gt;Kiminari Azuma&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="mailto:info.chika.sokokai@gmail.com"&gt;東　公成&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;*****&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2009 The Bon Voyage Party Steering Committee / 2009　壮行会実行委員会&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/GEw4IpYtUP4oIOdl3zsQkg?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_ij3V8XLjkqM/SkV0tFLCqtI/AAAAAAAACMU/0hCSCMvoeC4/s288/10_Ext_SANY0282.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/s2VlFL3vbAWPCuF5V6GEzw?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_ij3V8XLjkqM/SkV07fv9XkI/AAAAAAAACQo/IMgqAzHWJ5E/s288/2F_00_SANY0332.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6880332604711411769-8571575315080213058?l=chikathechampion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6880332604711411769/posts/default/8571575315080213058'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6880332604711411769/posts/default/8571575315080213058'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chikathechampion.blogspot.com/2009/06/send-off-in-tokyo-august-1-for-champion.html' title='The Bon Voyage Party for TM Hisamatsu, All Japan (Distrct 76) Speech Constest Champion, in Tokyo! August 1st'/><author><name>azuma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01067327414933942581</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_ij3V8XLjkqM/SkV00Rrjo8I/AAAAAAAACOs/fqqTYP4d6Jc/s72-c/12_Ext_IMG_0001_55.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6880332604711411769.post-9059529282178376035</id><published>2009-08-01T23:58:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2009-07-30T21:22:57.297+09:00</updated><title type='text'>How to get to Hatoyama Kaikan / 鳩山会館への行き方</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;From Tokyo Metro Stations / 東京地下鉄駅から&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;8 minute-walk from the exit 1a of the Edogawa-bashi station on the Yurakucho line. (Tokyo Metro) /有楽町線　江戸川橋駅下車（出口1a）徒歩8分&lt;br /&gt;10 minute-walk from the exit 5 of the Gokokuji station on the Yurakucho line. (Tokyo Metro) /有楽町線　護国寺駅下車（出口5）徒歩10分&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Google Map&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" src="http://maps.google.co.jp/maps?f=q&amp;amp;source=s_q&amp;amp;hl=ja&amp;amp;geocode=&amp;amp;q=%E9%B3%A9%E5%B1%B1%E4%BC%9A%E9%A4%A8&amp;amp;sll=36.809285,136.40625&amp;amp;sspn=34.929332,72.333984&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;ll=35.724218,139.735451&amp;amp;spn=0.008711,0.01766&amp;amp;z=14&amp;amp;iwloc=A&amp;amp;cid=7522942306505015525&amp;amp;output=embed" scrolling="no" width="425" frameborder="0" height="350"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); text-align: left;" href="http://maps.google.co.jp/maps?f=q&amp;amp;source=embed&amp;amp;hl=ja&amp;amp;geocode=&amp;amp;q=%E9%B3%A9%E5%B1%B1%E4%BC%9A%E9%A4%A8&amp;amp;sll=36.809285,136.40625&amp;amp;sspn=34.929332,72.333984&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;ll=35.724218,139.735451&amp;amp;spn=0.008711,0.01766&amp;amp;z=14&amp;amp;iwloc=A&amp;amp;cid=7522942306505015525"&gt;大きな地図で見る&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;small&gt;++++++++&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=35.71382,139.731186&amp;amp;sll=37.0625,-95.677068&amp;amp;sspn=49.844639,79.013672&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;ll=35.72373,139.735451&amp;amp;spn=0.00784,0.01929&amp;amp;z=14&amp;amp;iwloc=A&amp;amp;output=embed" scrolling="no" width="425" frameborder="0" height="350"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=35.71382,139.731186&amp;amp;sll=37.0625,-95.677068&amp;amp;sspn=49.844639,79.013672&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;ll=35.72373,139.735451&amp;amp;spn=0.00784,0.01929&amp;amp;z=14&amp;amp;iwloc=A&amp;amp;source=embed" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); text-align: left;"&gt;View Larger Map&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://tmaz.cocolog-nifty.com/file_exchange/files/hatoyama_map1.pdf"&gt;Download a Direction to Hatoyama Kaikan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"&gt;＿&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hatoyamakaikan.com/access/index.html"&gt;Hatoyama Kaikan's Website (Japanese only) / 鳩山会館のウェブサイト&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6880332604711411769-9059529282178376035?l=chikathechampion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6880332604711411769/posts/default/9059529282178376035'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6880332604711411769/posts/default/9059529282178376035'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chikathechampion.blogspot.com/2009/06/how-to-get-to-hatoyama-kaikan.html' title='How to get to Hatoyama Kaikan / 鳩山会館への行き方'/><author><name>azuma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01067327414933942581</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6880332604711411769.post-3645582146280534334</id><published>2009-08-01T23:55:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2009-07-10T01:31:54.607+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Send your message to Chika! / 久松さんに応援メッセージを送りましょう</title><content type='html'>Please send your message to our Champion Hisamatsu! We will print your message and hand it to her at the party!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Send your message to &lt;a href="mailto:dearchikafromme@yahoo.co.jp"&gt;dearchikafromme@yahoo.co.jp&lt;/a&gt; .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;====&lt;br /&gt;久松さんにあなたの応援メッセージを送ってください。いただいたメッセージは印刷し、パーティのときに久松さんに手渡します。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:dearchikafromme@yahoo.co.jp"&gt;dearchikafromme@yahoo.co.jp&lt;/a&gt;　までお送りください。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;+++&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6880332604711411769-3645582146280534334?l=chikathechampion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6880332604711411769/posts/default/3645582146280534334'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6880332604711411769/posts/default/3645582146280534334'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chikathechampion.blogspot.com/2009/07/send-your-message-to-chika.html' title='Send your message to Chika! / 久松さんに応援メッセージを送りましょう'/><author><name>azuma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01067327414933942581</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6880332604711411769.post-556084839769044480</id><published>2009-08-01T23:51:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2009-07-30T21:22:28.175+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Registration (closed) / お申し込み (終了しました）</title><content type='html'>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;We are sorry but registration is closed as of July 26.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Please contact &lt;a href="mailto:chikasupporters@nifmail.jp"&gt;chikasupporters@nifmail.jp&lt;/a&gt; stating &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;your name&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;club name&lt;/strong&gt; for registration. In response, we will send you an e-mail, confirming your registration (first in, first served).&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Due to the venue's regulations, we would like to ask that your registration e-mail be delivered to the above address by 12PM, July 20. There are 60 seats available and, when it is filled, anyone applied after that will be placed on the waiting list. They will be added to the attendees' list if there was a cancellation. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Should there be any additional seats available after July 20, we will continue to accept your applications until it is filled.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Please be informed that no-show cancellations will incur a 100% cancellation fee (5,000 Yen). The cancellation requests also need to be sent to the above e-mail address. (&lt;a href="mailto:chikasupporters@nifmail.jp"&gt;chikasupporters@nifmail.jp&lt;/a&gt; )&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;There is no cancellation fee applicable for such requests received before 12PM, July 23.The cancellation requests also need to be sent to the above e-mail address. (&lt;a href="mailto:chikasupporters@nifmail.jp"&gt;chikasupporters@nifmail.jp&lt;/a&gt; )&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;If you wish to cancel after July 23, you will not be charged the cancellation fee as long as there is someone on the waiting list wishing to fill your cancelled seat. If there is no one filling your cancelled seat, we are sorry to inform you that you will be charged for the partial or full amount of cancellation fee.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcccc;"&gt;++++++&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;まことに申し訳ありませんが、受付は7月26日をもって終了いたしました。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;専用のメールアドレス　&lt;a href="mailto:chikasupporters@nifmail.jp"&gt;chikasupporters@nifmail.jp&lt;/a&gt;　からお申し込みください。メールには、お名前（①ローマ字と②漢字）とクラブ名をお書きください。折り返し、確認のメールをお送りいたします。&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;7月20日24時で締め切りとしますが、それ以前に60名の定員に達した場合はその時点でいったん締め切りとし、キャンセル待ちに入れさせていただきます。空きが出しだい、出席者リストに追加させていただきます。&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;7月20日を過ぎても席に余裕がある場合は、募集を続行いたします。&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;キャンセルについては必ず&lt;a href="mailto:chikasupporters@nifmail.jp"&gt;chikasupporters@nifmail.jp&lt;/a&gt;にご連絡をください。連絡の無いキャンセルは、会費を全額（5000円）いただきます。&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;7月23日24時以前のキャンセルは、会費をいただくことはありません。ご連絡は必ずこちらのメールアドレスでお願いします。&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;7月23日を過ぎてのキャンセルですが、キャンセル待ちの方がいらっしゃった場合はその方に代わっていただきますので会費をいただくことはありません。キャンセル待ちの方がいらっしゃらない場合は、大変申し訳ないのですが、会費の全額あるいは一部のご負担をお願いすることがありますので、ご承知おきください。&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:chikasupporters@nifmail.jp"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffcccc;"&gt;+++++&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6880332604711411769-556084839769044480?l=chikathechampion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6880332604711411769/posts/default/556084839769044480'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6880332604711411769/posts/default/556084839769044480'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chikathechampion.blogspot.com/2009/07/registration.html' title='Registration (closed) / お申し込み (終了しました）'/><author><name>azuma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01067327414933942581</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6880332604711411769.post-5245270736776264024</id><published>2009-08-01T23:00:00.005+09:00</published><updated>2009-07-24T11:56:54.667+09:00</updated><title type='text'>FAQ / 良くあるご質問</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcccc;"&gt;+++++&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why 60 people? / なぜ60名なのでしょうか？&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Due to the capacity of the grand ballroom, we decided to accommodate 60 people. Hatoyama Kaikan is not as flexible as restaurants or hotels in terms of having a party like this because it is a public facility for those who strong appreciation of history.&lt;br /&gt;大広間の収容人員から、60人限定といたしました。鳩山会館は、その歴史的価値を愛する人々のための公共施設であり、レストランやホテルのような柔軟性はないということでご理解いただければ幸いです。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tell me more about Hatoyama Kaikan. / 鳩山会館についてもう少し教えてください。&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hatoyama Kaikan used to be a private residence of the politically renowned Hatoyama family.　Kazuo Hatoyama, the former Speaker of the House of Representatives and President of Waseda University, set up his home inOtowa in 1891.His oldest son, Ichiro Hatoyama who served as the Secretary of the Cabinet, Minister of Education and Prime Minister, built the western-style mansion in 1924. The house played a big role as Ichiro Hatoyama and his fellows formed Liberal Party,present Liberal Democratic Party. The building was renovated in 1996 and is now open to the public as "Hatoyama Kaikan" commemorating the Hatoyama Family's contribution to modern politics and education in Japan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;日本の近代政治と教育界に偉大な貢献をしてきた鳩山家の邸宅。衆議員議長や早稲田大学学長を務めた鳩山和夫が音羽に居を構えたのが明治24年（1891年）。和夫の長男であり内閣書記官長、文部大臣、首相を務めた鳩山一郎が大正13年（1924年）に洋館を建設。ここを舞台に自由党（現：自由民主党）の設立が計られた。平成8年（1996年）に大改修が行われ鳩山家の偉業をしのぶ「鳩山会館」として一般公開している。&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6880332604711411769-5245270736776264024?l=chikathechampion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6880332604711411769/posts/default/5245270736776264024'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6880332604711411769/posts/default/5245270736776264024'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chikathechampion.blogspot.com/2009/06/faq.html' title='FAQ / 良くあるご質問'/><author><name>azuma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01067327414933942581</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6880332604711411769.post-1016924287895179471</id><published>2009-08-01T21:00:00.002+09:00</published><updated>2009-07-24T11:57:37.257+09:00</updated><title type='text'>The Bon Voyage Party Dress Code / 服装について</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Be nice! Be neat! Be natty! Please come in "business casual".&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;清潔感のあるスマートカジュアルでお越しください。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;________________&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;No short pants, no T-shirts and no jeans, please.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;半ズボン、Tシャツ、シーンズはご遠慮ください。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;________________&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;And most importantly, due to the venue's regulations, attendees with high-heels or any other shoes with metal in the soles are not allowed to enter the 2F reception room."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;もっとも大事なことですが、規定により会場である2階の大広間へのハイヒールや靴底に金属を打ってある靴でのご入場はできません。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;________________&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Bad Example / 良くない例&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.co.jp/lh/photo/XAuyOP89Tb4hAF4UANItOA?feat=embedwebsite"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_ij3V8XLjkqM/SkV08JyJHXI/AAAAAAAACQ0/RTWjOJeeKKk/s144/95_SANY0338.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6880332604711411769-1016924287895179471?l=chikathechampion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6880332604711411769/posts/default/1016924287895179471'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6880332604711411769/posts/default/1016924287895179471'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chikathechampion.blogspot.com/2009/06/send-off-dress-code.html' title='The Bon Voyage Party Dress Code / 服装について'/><author><name>azuma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01067327414933942581</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://lh3.ggpht.com/_ij3V8XLjkqM/SkV08JyJHXI/AAAAAAAACQ0/RTWjOJeeKKk/s72-c/95_SANY0338.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6880332604711411769.post-7614745987386423939</id><published>2009-08-01T19:59:00.002+09:00</published><updated>2009-07-01T13:56:36.293+09:00</updated><title type='text'>For Beer/Wine Drinkers / お酒を愛する皆様へ</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;Sorry, we don't provide any alcoholic beverages in the 2F Reception Room.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;+++++&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;まことに申し訳ありませんが、２階大広間ではアルコール飲料の提供はありません。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6880332604711411769-7614745987386423939?l=chikathechampion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6880332604711411769/posts/default/7614745987386423939'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6880332604711411769/posts/default/7614745987386423939'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chikathechampion.blogspot.com/2009/06/for-beerwine-drinkers.html' title='For Beer/Wine Drinkers / お酒を愛する皆様へ'/><author><name>azuma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01067327414933942581</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6880332604711411769.post-6467212801942161231</id><published>2009-08-01T19:58:00.001+09:00</published><updated>2009-07-01T13:57:28.381+09:00</updated><title type='text'>For smokers / タバコを愛する皆様へ</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;Sorry, you are NOT allowed to smoke inside the Hatoyama Kaikan building. Please ask our Sergeant-At-Arms for smoking areas.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;+++++&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;まことに申し訳ないのですが、鳩山会館内では禁煙となっております。喫煙所に関しては会場係にお問い合わせください。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6880332604711411769-6467212801942161231?l=chikathechampion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6880332604711411769/posts/default/6467212801942161231'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6880332604711411769/posts/default/6467212801942161231'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chikathechampion.blogspot.com/2009/06/for-smokers.html' title='For smokers / タバコを愛する皆様へ'/><author><name>azuma</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01067327414933942581</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry></feed>
