Gene Wilder, 1933 - 2016

Above, Gene Wilder in Young Frankenstein.

Gene Wilder died at age 83.

It is hard to imagine that he was at that age because it seems like only yesterday we were enjoying the movies he was in. Young Frankenstein. Blazing Saddles, Silver Streak. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. The list goes on.

Just the other day (well, we do this all the time), my former roommate Jes and I were mimicking his and Marty Feldman's "walk this way" routine from Young Frankenstein.

Wilder left a great legacy of comedy movies. For a look back at his career, go to The Federalist's tribute post.

R.I.P.

Ready To Book The Party

Above, Asya  at Gladstone's 4 Fish. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Unless I can do it today (usually the catering director at the Odyssey Restaurant isn't in on Mondays), I will book the room for the portrait painting unveiling party tomorrow.

If I cannot do so today, it will be done tomorrow following my Small Claims Court trial for the money owed by Jackie Scott for her portion of the Hawaii trip. Hopefully, the case will be called earlier in the morning.

Above, Mariia Malygina.

Once the room is booked, now set for October 2, I will send out invitation notices.

One other Russian artist has been invited, and she has already indicated she'll be attending, Mariia Malygina. She is a friend of Asya, who painted my portrait.

Mariia does interior artwork for homes and offices. She sells her work though her website, The Stolen Art.com (http://www.thestolenart.com/). I spoke with her yesterday and she said she designed her website herself. Talented gal!

Her bio:

Mariia Malygina was born and raised in a small town of the North part of Russia. She started painting from the very childhood and always had an art passion. Her first painting classes in art studio started at the age 5, in a kindergarten art studio. From that time her artworks were displayed in different local art exhibitions, stores and libraries. When she was a student in Russian Art School, several pieces of her art were chosen for a local museum exhibition. 

In 2012 Mariia Malygina moved to Los Angeles from Russia. In 2014 she created her first oil painting in LA 'Lady In Lights' and got the idea of 'The Stolen'.

I've already cleared the date with Asya, so we're "GO" from our end.

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Some folks can't resist poking a little fun:

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UPDATE: The room is being held, so all I have to do is provide them with a 50% deposit and the list of hors d' oeuvres and wine. I'll do that tomorrow. 

Asya said (when I gave her the news), "Greeeeaaat! Will be amazing!"

Duty-Free Arrival Shops Coming To Japan?

Above, a duty-free cigarette shop at Narita Int. Airport's departure level. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Japan is possibly looking at more duty-free shopping reforms during the 2017 fiscal tax year.

According to TR Business:

The Japanese Transport Ministry is said to be considering the creation of duty free arrivals shops at Japanese airports and ‘US-style’ pre-clearance immigration points at foreign airports to alleviate congestion at the country’s larger Japanese airports. 

According to the normally reliable Japan Times newspaper, the unconfirmed report suggests that Japan’s Transport Ministry ‘will recommend’ the arrivals shop change in the forthcoming fiscal 2017 tax system reform requests – although this doesn’t mean that they will be adopted. Meanwhile, the pre-clearance initiative is expected to be passed separately without any problem. 

The airport groups said to be supporting this latest request to create legislation to facilitate airport duty free shopping are said to include the operators of Sendai International Airport and Kansai International Airport in Osaka.

To read more, go here. 

The Wayback Machine

If one accidentally deletes or intentionally deletes a blog post, it still exists out there.

I was recently told of a website that archives things that anyone has deleted or changed (the original version is saved, in other words).

It exists not "in the ether", but at the Wayback Machine. The Wayback Machine takes a periodic snapshot of websites and stores them for posterity (or perpetuity?).

For example, here's the snapshot of this blog taken on January 9, 2016.

So, if your computer manages to crash, or for some other reasons, your lost posts (including photos) are still available. 

Yen Surge Is Making The Imperial Hotel Nervous

Above, the dinner party at the Imperial Hotel last October.

In 1954, United World News reporter Steve Martin (Raymond Burr) was just "lucky" enough to be at the right place at the wrong time.

He was on his way to Cairo and stopped off in Tokyo for a nice, relaxing visit with an old friend, Dr. Serizawa. That visit never came about (unless they chatted aboard a boat in Tokyo Bay before Serizawa suited up for a fateful dive). The stopover in Tokyo was hardly relaxing either. Martin stated that he was staying at the Imperial Hotel before being led from the airport for "just questioning". It is unclear if he ever made it to his room at the hotel since a giant radioactive lizard decided to stroll through Tokyo, including the district where the Imperial Hotel stood.

Today, the Imperial Hotel doesn't have to worry about threats to its existence by radioactive lizards, but the surging Japanese yen has been cramping its style in recent weeks. And that is making the hotel's management nervous.

Bloomberg.com reported:

Tokyo’s Imperial Hotel, the luxury inn that counts Marilyn Monroe among past guests, raised room rates last year to levels it last charged before Japan’s bubble burst in the early 1990s. A surging yen now threatens those gains. 

With signs of spending from foreign tourists starting to wane as a result of the stronger currency, the hotel is looking to boost wedding banquets and turn those younger guests in to repeater clients, said Hideya Sadayasu, the president and general manager of Imperial Hotel Ltd.

Last October, I hosted a little dinner party for Toho Co., Ltd. friends at the Imperial Hotel. We had a splendid window table that had a view of the Imperial Palace and the National Diet Building. At that time, the dollar/yen exchange rate in Tokyo I received was ¥116.99. Today's exchange rate in Tokyo is hovering around ¥100. But that "catch" is, that rate is only available to "high rollers". Ordinary visitors will receive considerably less in exchange.

With the yen performing stronger, it makes visits to Japan and the cost of goods and services there more expensive. Unless things turn around soon, the Japanese government may be forced to step in to devalue the yen. We shall see.

To read more, go here.

L.A. To Memphis?

Above, Graceland in 2001. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Lately, I have been having thoughts of taking a trip to Memphis, Tennessee. I had been there before with family, but this time I am thinking about going in The Beast.

When I was there last in 2001, we visited Elvis Presley's home, Graceland and Beale Street. But there are other things to see and do in Memphis. We missed seeing Sun Studio.

Today, there's the National Civil Rights Museum (located at the former Lorraine Motel), the Mississippi River, the Rock 'n Soul Museum and other places.

Generally, a road trip to Memphis from L.A. is around 25 hours. Memphis is about 1,800 miles from L.A. through Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas along Interstate 40 to Tennessee. Sounds like a dry drive, but the springtime should be an ideal time to go. I think I would take a more northern (and cooler) route on the way back home (such as going through Colorado). But, now that I am retired, I am in no rush.

Near Graceland and behind Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel is the Graceland RV Park & Campground. It looks to be a nice place to stay. It is within walking distance to Graceland.

This is something I'll be thinking about in the months ahead. 

ANA Grounds Dreamliners For Engine Problems

Above, a United Airlines Boeing 787. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner has been a plane plagued with problems ever since it began service a few years ago.

I flew to Japan aboard one in 2014 and found it to be a comfortable ride.

The latest problem for the Dreamliner is that its engine blades have broken during mid-flight three times between July and August with All Nippon Airways, forcing emergency landings.

News On Japan reported:

Japanese carrier All Nippon Airways says it will cancel more than 300 flights of its Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet over the coming weeks due to a problem with the plane's engine parts. 

ANA says turbine blades of the 787's engines manufactured by UK-based Rolls-Royce could corrode and break after a certain number of hours of use.

To read more, go here.

Mount Fuji Becoming A Popular Attraction To Foreigners

Above, a view of Mt. Fuji from a passing shinkansen. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

The closest I've ever come to climbing Mount Fuji in Japan was to take a bus tour to one of the Fifth Stations in 2004 with G-TOUR. 

However, others have taken to the slopes to, hopefully, get a spectacular view of the rising sun.

Japan Today has reported that a record number of foreign visitors to Japan have hiked to the summit.

They wrote:

NAGANO, Japan —Mt Fuji is increasingly becoming a popular destination for foreign tourists amid a record-breaking number of people visiting Japan from abroad. 

The 3,776-meter volcano, which straddles Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures, was added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List in 2013 as an “object of worship” and “wellspring of art.” 

Some 200,000 people climb Mt Fuji each year via the Yoshida Trail that leads to the summit of the tallest mountain in Japan from its north side in Yamanashi. Foreign visitors account for some 30% of those trekkers on weekdays and 20% on weekends, according to an Environment Ministry survey conducted in August last year.

To read more, go here. 

Rough Winter Predicted By Old Farmer's Almanac

Above, The Three Brothers and Bridalveil Fall are shrouded in clouds at Yosemite National Park. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Depending upon where one is located, predictions of a harsh winter may be welcome news.

Some areas of the U.S. will have severe winter weather, while other areas may be drier than usual. California, for instance, is still in a drought. Will the state get enough rain this winter to get out of the drought?

According to an article in Travel + Leisure:

It’s hard to think of snow and freezing temperatures when you’re sweating through an August heat wave, but those of us in cooler climates will be wearing puffy coats, hats, and gloves soon enough. And the winter ahead might be a harsh one, at least according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac, the periodical reference book published since 1792, which just announced its long-range weather predictions featured in its 2017 edition.

The Old Farmers's Almanac supposedly has an 80% accuracy rate.

In Los Angeles, we really didn't have our normal "June gloom" of foggy/overcast days in June. July felt more like a normal August and this August has been the mildest I've experienced (not that I'm complaining) in years. (My electric bill has been lower than usual for this month.) Does this mean that autumn weather will be arriving faster than usual in L.A.?

To read more, go here.

Sierra's Birthday!

Above, Sierra, then known as Claire, as shown at the South Bay Pet Adoption's Facebook page.

Today, my cat Sierra turns one year old!

I got her when she was three months old at the South Bay Pet Adoption center in Hawthorne. Her name there was "Claire". Now she's officially Sierra Claire.

Above, kitten Sierra on her cat tree. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

She has been a good companion at home and on the road (she's been to Yosemite National Park twice) and has a good personality like our late cat Siren.

Above, yours truly meeting Sierra at the Hawthorne animal shelter.

Above, Sierra at the Hawthorne animal shelter. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Above, Sierra meets Amber. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Above, buddies. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Above, Sierra napping in The Beast. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Above, Sierra and Lola in The Beast. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Above, playing in a box at Yosemite. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Above, Sierra in The Beast. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Above, Sierra in The Beast in Bishop, California. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Now, she graduates to adult cat food!

For her birthday present, I got her some burlap mice toys filled with catnip.

October 2 Is Likely Date

Above, the Atlantis Room at the Odyssey Restaurant. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

It looks like the portrait unveiling party/get-together at the Odyssey Restaurant will be held on Sunday, October 2.

One should give people at least a month's notice for any kind of event. September 25 was going to be the day, but there was a schedule conflict involved. So I moved it up a week. October 9 won't work as there is a clamp-out that weekend I'm planning to attend in the Lake Cachuma area.

This, of course, is contingent upon if the room I want is available. I will book it early this coming week.

So, pencil in October 2.

Escape To Odaiba

Above, Odaiba's Statue of Liberty and the Rainbow Bridge from Aqua City. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

For those who are planning a trip to Japan in late-summer or early-autumn, if one is looking for a relaxing place to unwind or enjoy some amusements, Odaiba is a place in Tokyo they should look in to.

Japan Today posted an article on things to see and do in Odaiba.

They begin with:

TOKYO —You can feel it in the air. Summer is winding down. For people in and around Tokyo, you may be ready for the heat and stickiness to be over, so you’re just looking for somewhere that’s cool to spend some time. Or maybe you still want a little more beach time, but don’t have time to travel too far from the city. 

Odaiba, the island just across the Rainbow Bridge from Tokyo, is a great place to spend a late summer day. There are outdoor activities and attractions for those who want them, as well as comfortably air-conditioned shopping, museums, amusements and more.

Of course, Odaiba is a familiar spot to Godzilla fans as it was showcased in Godzilla x Megaguirus (2000).

To read more, go here.

Travel Trailer Tree House

Seeing the above photo reminded me of a dream I had about a year ago in which "Somebody That I Used To Know" and I had our own place with a huge yard. In the dream, the place we had consisted of a house on an acre of land with oak and pine trees.

The dream involved us hiring a crane to lift an old travel trailer into a big oak tree on the property for her son to have as a tree house. In the dream, her son was around six years old and was with a friend. At the time, he was a few months shy of two-years-old. We all watched as the crane lifted the trailer into the tree.

I had almost forgotten about the dream until I saw the photo.

The Real Truth About The Pearl Harbor Attack

Above, the wall of name of those who died at the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

While in Hawaii last May, we paid a visit to Pearl Harbor. It is where the U.S. was hit by a surprise attack by Imperial Japan.

We were shuttled from the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel to Pearl Harbor by bus. There, our tour guide led us to the visitor center and distributed our tickets for the boat shuttle to the sunken U.S.S. Arizona Memorial. We toured the many exhibits at the visitor center while waiting for our appointed time for the boat shuttle.

Above, the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Japan Info has posted an article on "The Real Truth Nobody Ever Told You About the Attack on Pearl Harbor".

It begins with:

All of us know the story of Pearl Harbor. America was isolationist and wanted nothing to do with the World War II that was raging in Europe. Japan and Germany were working hand in hand to spread throughout their respective spheres of influence. A small part of the Japanese government, knowing that America was their greatest threat to spreading more into Asia, decided to attack Pearl Harbor suddenly, without warning, and totally unprovoked. America was totally caught off guard by this attack of a country they thought was a friend. That was the story I grew up hearing. But there is one problem with it… None of it is true. This is the truth of Pearl Harbor.

Above, a view of the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial from the visitor center. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

I have no real disagreements with the article, although it is a tad biased in tone. But, it is historically accurate.

To read more, go here.

NZ Herald: "Mad Day Trips On Japan's Bullet Train"

Above, yours truly at Osaka Castle.

Having the JR Rail Pass while in Japan opens up many places to visitors. What is also great about having the Rail Pass, it can be used on most shinkansens (bullet trains). There are some restrictions and the Rail Pass cannot be used for some trains.

The NZ Herald has posted an article on "Mad Day Trips On Japan's Bullet Train".

I have taken some day trips utilizing the bullet train. The first was when I went to Atami from Tokyo in 2001. The next was a day trip from Kyoto to Hiroshima with G-TOUR in 2004. Generally, the trips I take are overnighters.

The longest trip I've taken aboard a bullet train was going to Fukuoka from Tokyo and back.

The NZ Herald begins their article with:

Public transport is slick in Japan. Travelling from Tokyo to the historical city of Hiroshima 806km away takes just four and a half hours. 

Driving from Sydney to Melbourne - a similar distance of 876km, meanwhile - would take the average driver just over nine hours without stops. 

Tokyo is a city lit up with technology, where public transport is refreshingly efficient. 

While queues of passengers pushing one another onto an already-packed train is a common vision in Japan, so is the charming Shinkansen, or bullet train, which over time has become an icon to impact Japan's economy, business and society. 

The slick, silver-tinted Shinkansen travels at 300km/hr and is one of the fastest trains in the world.

The writer took the shinkansen to the cities of Kyoto, Hiroshima, Naoshima and Osaka.

To read more, go here.

Sean Connery Turns 86

The actor who made James Bond into a worldwide household name is celebrating a birthday today.

Sean Connery, now happily retired, turned 86.

Above, Sean Connery in Dr. No (1962). Eon Productions.

"James Bond in the movie is a ladies' man, but Sean-san is a warm-hearted honest man. He has a clear vision as an actor. He can be stubborn from time to time, but he is a real man with a bit of old-fashioned taste." - Akiko Wakabayashi, co-star in You Only Live Twice (1967), G-FAN interview by Armand Vaquer and Brett Homenick.


Happy Birthday, Sean Connery!

Centennial Day For The National Park Service

In case you hadn't noticed, the National Park Service celebrated its centennial today with events around the country.

According to the Boston Globe:

WASHINGTON — The National Park Service celebrated its 100th birthday on Thursday with events across the country, including the creation of a giant, living version of its emblem in Washington, a naturalization ceremony on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, and an outdoor concert at Yellowstone National Park. 

The centennial comes as the agency that manages national parks as well as historic places welcomes a new national monument and nature forces some changes in the parks in the West.

It was 100 years ago today, the National Park Service was born.

During the past 14 months, I've visited several national parks: Yosemite, Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Joshua Tree and Zion.

Above, daughter Amber and I at the Old Faithful Inn dining room. 

Above, yours truly at Yosemite Falls.

Here's my National Park Service Centennial mug that I picked up at Yosemite National Park:

To read more, go here. 

Despite Fires, For Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, It's Business As Usual

Above, Grand Teton National Park last summer. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

The wildfires in both Grand Teton National Park and Yellowstone National Park has visitors concerned, but with the exception of the closure of the South Entrance of Yellowstone, it is business as usual.

According to U.S. News & World Report:

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — Popular areas in Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks were welcoming tourists Thursday for the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service, but a wildfire forced some people to drive a little farther than they expected to get to the festivities. 

The blaze in Grand Teton National Park shut down a route leading to Yellowstone's South Entrance, so visitors coming from the south through Wyoming will have to take an hourlong detour into Idaho. 

Four other entrances to Yellowstone are open, and once inside the world's first national park, visitors won't notice much is unusual other than a smoky haze in some parts of the sprawling park.

Many people, including me, have memories of the huge Yellowstone fires of 1988. We visited Yellowstone two years after that fire and quite a bit of the park had a burned-out look. We visited Yellowstone again (last summer) and much of the 1988 burned out areas have re-grown.

When we left Yellowstone last summer, we took the route south through Grand Teton National Park via Yellowstone's south entrance. As the article indicated, that entrance is now closed.

To read more, go here. 

Platrix Chapter No. 2, E Clampus Vitus Fall Trek Announced

Above, Clampers enjoying cigars at the Spring trek.

Platrix Chapter No. 2, E Clampus Vitus has announced their fall trek.

They announced:

By Order of

Platrix Humbug Denny “Too Tall” Thompson

and

De La Guerra Y Pacheco Humbug Steve “What’s His Lastname”

The Brethren of Chapters #1.5 and #2 shall assemble

October 7h, 8th, and 9th

Along the shores of Lake Cachuma at

Live Oak Camp, Santa Barbara Territory, Alta California

If you are a brother in good standing of the Ancient and Honorable Order of E Clampus Vitus, you can attend this joint trek.

If you would like to become a Clamper, you'll need to be sponsored by a brother. If you are interested in joining the Order by submitting yourself to the Hangman, contact me. The rites of initiation will take place at the trek and you will need to be at the clamp-site all three days.

For Clampers, details on the trek can be found here.

Satisfactory!

Photo Shoot and Gladstone's

Above, Asya and I at Gladstone's today. 

Nothing to speak of was on today's agenda until I received a text message from Asya (Anastasia) last night asking me to come over today so she could photograph some ties for a friend who is starting up an online men's apparel business (he's also her landlord). She asked to use my Canon Rebel camera.

I agreed to do so and thought this would be a good opportunity to take her to Gladstone's 4 Fish in Pacific Palisades after the photo work was done. We couldn't go to Gladstone's last weekend as they were closed due to a wedding reception.

I got to her apartment around 12:30 and we began work in one of the building's conference rooms that's also on her floor.

With rapid speed (this is one girl who knows what she's doing), she had the ties all laid out on a table with white sheeting underneath.

Above, Asya preparing a photo set-up. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

She tried various camera exposure settings, with and without flash, on each of the ties. I let her get her work done and just held back and gave her technical help when asked. We wrapped up the photography around 2:30 and then headed off for Gladstone's.

Above, Asya shooting a tie. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

I haven't been to Gladstone's since I was last there with "Somebody That I Used To Know" (as in the song of the same name) back in April. It was great being back there again, especially with someone who is grateful and appreciative (in fact, everyone I've gone out with lately are classy and appreciative). Asya is great company. She immediately loved the ambiance of Gladstone's.

Above, Asya uploading her photos. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

While waiting for our order (crab cake, an oyster platter and New England clam chowder), she downloaded the photographs to her laptop. The download worked perfectly. Tonight, she's going to be formatting them to present them.

Above, the meal has arrived. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

On the way back to her apartment, she marveled at how I seem to have such a leisurely life of traveling, dining out and other things. I responded that I also get to go out with beautiful women. And, I added, "It's a dirty job, but somebody's got to do it! Life is rough!" She had a good laugh over that.

Today turned out to be an enjoyable one. 

Win A Dream Trip To Kyoto!

Above, Kyoto's Kinkaku-ji "Golden Pavilion". Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Condé Nast Traveler has announced a contest in which the prize is a "Dream Trip To Japan".

They wrote:

Experience one of the world's most beautiful cities on a luxe getaway for 2 to The Four Seasons Kyoto 

Prize includes a 3-night stay at The Four Seasons Kyoto + roundtrip airfare for 2

To enter, go here. 

Case Approved For "Hot Bench"

The last small claims case that I have (against Denise Santos) has been approved for the CBS court television show, Hot Bench.

The taping for the show will be in the morning of Wednesday, September 7 in Hollywood.

As a courtesy, I will be housed the night before at a hotel in Pasadena, since the show tapes in the early morning so I wouldn't have to fight early morning rush-hour traffic.

Yosemite Settlement Talks Collapse

Above, the modified road sign pointing the way to Half Dome Village, formerly known as Curry Village. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Nobody said that this is going to be an easy case to settle. Sure enough, settlement talks collapsed and both parties are proceeding to pursue an expensive and time-consuming court battle.

According to McClatchy DC:

WASHINGTON - Efforts to settle the dispute between the federal government and Yosemite National Park’s former concessions company over trademarks have stalled, foreshadowing a potentially costly and time-consuming court battle. 

The failure of mediation efforts between Justice Department attorneys and their DNC Parks & Resorts at Yosemite was laid out in a court filing last week in which the two sides resumed combative trial preparations. 

“The parties do not believe that settlement is likely at this time,” attorneys revealed in the filing last Thursday, adding that while they “remain open to the possibility of mediation in this case (they) believe that the case should proceed at this time.”

The 23-page legal filing, known as a “joint status report,” spelled out myriad disagreements still separating the National Park Service from the concessions company, a subsidiary of the Buffalo, N.Y.-based, Delaware North.

Read more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/crime/article97178552.html#storylink=cpy

2016 Canada's Walk of Fame Inductees Picked, Jonathan Frid Passed Over

The selection committee for the 2016 inductees for Canada's Walk of Fame have made their decision.

They are:

Jeanne Beker, Fashion Entrepreneur, Television Personality, Journalist
Darryl Sittler, Hockey Player, NHL
Corey Hart, Musician
Deepa Mehta, Filmmaker
Jason Priestley, Actor, Director
Al Waxman, Actor, Director (Cineplex Legends Inductee) 

Above, Jonathan Frid as Barnabas Collins.

Unfortunately, actor Jonathan Frid (Barnabas Collins of Dark Shadows) was passed over again, despite there being an organized effort to get him as an inductee. Maybe next year.

This Is Not Good: Dollar Falls To ¥100 In Tokyo

The U.S. dollar fell to ¥100 in Tokyo trading today. This is not good news for anyone planning a trip to Japan in the near future.

According to an article in the Japan Times:

The dollar fell around ¥100 in Tokyo trading on Tuesday, hit by selling as stock prices retreated. 

At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥100.10-10, down from ¥100.77-77 at the same time Monday. The euro was at $1.1344-1345, up from $1.1281-1282, and at ¥113.56-57, down from ¥113.69-70. 

The dollar moved around ¥100.30 in early trading after it was sold back by early buyers overnight following falls in European and U.S. stocks.

Hopefully, this is just a temporary re-adjustment.

To read more, go here.