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Calbee Collaborated With Wrestler To Create New Tasty Potato Chip

Calbee Collaborated With Wrestler To Create New Tasty Potato Chip Calbee announced creation of a new taste of potato chip by collaborating with a professional wrestler, Togi Makabe, at its press conference on Nov 9. The new taste was Mont Blanc as his favorite sweets. Makabe appeared and showed his arranged wrestling techniques at the press conference on Nov 9. He commented about the new product, “It is very tasteful while chewing with the harmony of Mont Blanc and Potato Chips.” The new product has already been selling at convenience stores until the middle of Dec. The price of the product is 140 JPY per a pack of 70g. 産経新聞:カルビーがプロレス真壁選手と組んでポテチ開発「モンブラン味」にご満悦 http://www.sankei.com/economy/news/161109/ecn1611090021-n1.html

The oldest wooden school is opened to the public close to Senri New Town

The oldest wooden school is opened to the public close to Senri New Town Kyu-Nitta Elementary School, which was the oldest wooden school in Japan, was opened to the public for 3 days since Nov 3. Many visitors, mainly 65 years old or older, took a tour in the school. The one-story school was built in 1900, which was 116 years old. It had 32 x 9 square meters with a temple-like-shaped door at East of the building. It was close to Senri New Town and raised a lot of students after WWII. It moved to 800 away from the original location in 1973 due to the rapid increase of students. Although it was decided to be destroyed after the move, one of the buildings was left as a cultural property. The opened classroom displays 40 study wooden tables and chairs for kids to reproduce the atmosphere of the class at that time. Another classroom displays 8 wooden pedal organs, stone notes, sewing machines, gramophone, and old textbooks used before the war. The event using the pedal ...