August 8, 2011
LOOKING BACK, LOOKING AHEAD JULY • A new Namban Rengo member came into the world as David and Meg Rubenstein celebrated the birth of their son Ty on July 6th. […]
July 26, 2011
Several Nambanners participated in the grueling Mt Fuji race held on July 22. Billed as one of Japan toughest half-marathons, the full summit race features a course that starts in […]
July 6, 2011
LOOKING BACK, LOOKING AHEAD JUNE • Satohi Numasawa, Adrian Ringin, Laci Demko and Harrisson Uk flew to Sapporo, then drove out into the countryside for the Biei Healthy Marathon on […]
June 25, 2011
Four intrepid Nambanners, Satohi, Adrian, Harrisson, and Laci, journeyed to Hokkaido for the Biei Half Marathon and 1/8th Marathon on June 12th. They arrived in Sapporo on Friday and spent […]
June 6, 2011
LOOKING BACK, LOOKING AHEAD MAY • Great Namban turnout at the TELL (Tokyo English Life Line) charity 5&10K on the 7th. 21 people, 9 of whom won great prizes. • […]
May 16, 2011
Namban Rengo was well represented in the 5th Oxfam Japan Trailwalker event over the weekend of 14–15 May. The grueling 100-km challenge starts in Odawara and traverses rugged mountain ranges […]
May 4, 2011
LOOKING BACK, LOOKING AHEAD APRIL • Yuka Sato ran her first race in Shanghai on the 10th. The 8K course had distance marks at places like 4.9k and 6.3k. She […]
April 5, 2011
LOOKING BACK, LOOKING AHEAD MARCH America has its 9/11, Japan now has its 3/11, the day the Tohoku earthquake struck. This event profoundly affected, and continues to affect, everyone in […]
March 21, 2011
On Saturday March 19, through social networking and word of mouth, members of Namban Rengo brought together some 80 people to run or walk laps around the Meiji Memorial Picture […]