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Just got this driver head in and its dark outside so I can’t take pretty pictures. Here is a little teaser until tomorrow. It’s a 4 piece head, white crown …
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- Tags: Japan, kiminomori, snow
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Coming from Canada, snow is nothing new for us. As a matter of a fact we got so tired of shoveling snow we moved to Japan. (^_^) Here in central …
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The new Ryoma F Fairway woods arrived this week for testing. We received a 15* F3 and and a 18* F5, both with stock shafts. Initial visual impressions are that …
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- Tags: Bridgestone, golf ball, newing, one piece anime
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Bridgestone always comes out with cool anime related limited golf products like Doraemon and Lupin III. Now they’ve released the Newing 2 piece distance ball featuring the super popular Japanese …
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- Tags: anime headcovers, Japan, luffy, one piece
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I’m in the midst of preparing a big Yamaha Irons review for tomorrow’s blog post. In the mean time I thought I would post up the new additions to my …
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- Tags: inpres x preview, Japan, tour model, v forged, yamaha
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A huge, and I mean HUGE box filled with Yamaha demos arrived today. When the courier pulled up and brought out the box I thought he was delivering furniture as …
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- Tags: custom grind, Golds Factory, Japan, master, putters, Wedges
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It’s been a while since we posted up some Gold’s Factory eye candy. Gold’s is busier than ever with many many modifications, refinishes and custom created putters as well as …
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- Tags: custom, Golds Factory, inserts, premium zone, putters, SUS303
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Gold’s Factory sent over a couple if their new Trinity series putters featuring the new Next Generation Premium Zone Milling. they are for a photo shoot I’m doing however it …
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- Tags: baseball, Crazy, featured customer, golf, rob harrand
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Our featured customer today is Rob Harrand who is also know as Mjr. D on the TSG Forum. Rob was kind enough to write up his own introduction and save …
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- Tags: hapan, high iso, matrix metering, nikon d5100
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It’s been a while since I’ve pulled out my camera to shoot pictures other than of golf clubs for work. It’s been too hot to bother with the camera while …
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- Tags: epon af-902, forged titanium utility, Japan
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We introduced the all new Epon AF-902 a few weeks ago and today (it is the 9th here in Japan) is the official launch of this wonderful utility. The AF-902 …
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Was in Tokyo today thanks to 2 meetings. Got to do some club and shaft testing in the city and was all over the town making stops in Sumida, Asakusa, …
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- Tags: japan festival, kiminomori, matsuri
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In Japan, addresses rarely have street names. Instead they use area names followed by neighborhood, street block and then actual house/building number. Everyone who lives here in Kiminomori which is …
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- Tags: golf in japan, hirakawa, tatsuro oshimoto
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Within 3 hours of landing in Tokyo on a 16 hour flight from Las Vegas, Tatsuro who you frequently see testing clubs in videos on the blog here, was teeing …
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- Tags: clouds, Japan, kiminomori, lumix gf1
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My wife and I walked the dog this morning at around 6:30am and there were some interesting, almost menacing clouds over the par 5 6th hole so I thought I …
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- Tags: custom finish, Epon, Forged Irons, Japan
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As many people know Epon’s standard finish on its irons is an NiCr or nickel chrome plated finish which is polished to a mirror look. Epon does also offer custom …
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- Tags: attas 3, high grade carbon, Japan, low spin, UST Mamiya
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High grade carbon, low spin and strong trajectory… Limited Edition first delivery of 1000 shafts for all of Japan at the end of July. Official release in September. Get both …
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We received some preview pictures of the new Crazy 435II driver which looks very very nice. Like the original 435, it will be 445cc in size (yes its 445cc but …
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- Tags: 1974, harley, project, restoration
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It’s been about 3 years since I’ve been back to Toronto to visit my family. My brother has been working on restoring a 1974 Harley which is his first ever …
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I thought I would take the opportunity to post some feedback on the new Nikon D5100 I got to replace my Sony SLT-a33. After selling my a33 and all its …
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- Tags: Japan, nikon d5100, photos, shinjuku
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I went to Tokyo today to run some errands (seem to be doing that a lot lately) and decided to bring my new Nikon D5100 with me. I will be …
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- Tags: putter, stingray ghost, Taylormade Japan
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Just a quick note that TM Japan has begun shipping their all new Stingray Ghost for the Japanese market. Available in ST-72 single bend heel shafted or ST-74 straight in …
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- Tags: black and white, fujifilm x100, Japan, photos
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Took some quick snaps with the Fujifilm X100 while in Tokyo today running some errands. Decided to go black and white today… Tario (aka gocchin) joined Tourspecgolf back in 2008 …
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- Tags: camera, fujifilm x100, macro images, samples
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I’ve had a few people ask about the Fujifilm X100′s macro capabilities. If anything the macro is one of the weak points of the X100 firstly because Macro must be …
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- Tags: digital camera, fujifilm x100, Japan, photos
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More shots with the Fujifilm x100 Digital Camera. Loving the color. Getting much more used to the fixed lens. Tario (aka gocchin) joined Tourspecgolf back in 2008 after spending over …
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- Tags: distance, Japan, long driver, yamaha
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Distance is something we never give up searching for. We all know better, that its not distance that shoots a low score in golf but rather consistency, accuracy and yes …
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Just a quick heads up that the Toyoshima wedges from Crazy are now available for order. Prices are slightly higher than what we expected but I don’t think this will …
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- Tags: digital camera, fuji, fujifilm, hybrid viewfinder, Japan, review, x100
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Honestly my wife is on the verge of killing me. Okay maybe its not that bad but truthfully, expensive hobbies are very difficult to resist in Japan. Last summer I …
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First pics outside of the JPGA tour of the 2011 Limited Edition Shingo Katayama bag produced by ONOFF golf. These are extremely limited, If you would like to secure yours …
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- Tags: AF-152 Driver, AF-702 Irons, Epon Golf
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Epon AF-152 driver revealed! It’s set to launch March 11th, TourSpecGolf has it’s samples on the way. I will be attaching it to a Crazy longest yard HOT shaft most …
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- Tags: digital camera, Japan, narita temple, new year, night, photos, sigma 30mm f1.4, sony a33
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Spent a relaxing but but busy 2 days at the in-laws house over in Yotsukaidou. On New Years eve, my mother in law spent the whole afternoon making home made …
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- Tags: chiba, gary player, golf, Japan, manna country club, mobara
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Didn’t bring my camera today to Manna so had to use a simple point and shoot Casio Exilim. Another beautiful day in Chiba. Must be the warmest Christmas eve ever. …
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Sun setting, low light, 16mm ISO 1600 1/30 f5.6 while walking the dog. Tario (aka gocchin) joined Tourspecgolf back in 2008 after spending over a decade in technology and business …
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- Tags: 2011, driver, Fairway Woods, Forged Irons, ID, New Clubs, PRGR
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The new PRGR 2011 iD demo clubs showed up today. I’ll be spending the week with the clubs and testing each individual one and writing up a few reviews as …
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- Tags: digital camera, gifu, nagano, photos, shirakawa-go, takayama, trip
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Well we’ve arrived safe and sound back at Kiminomori several hours and service areas after leaving Hida Takayama on our tour bus. The SA as they call the service areas …
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Here are some images of the Bettinardi Studio B SB-10 Prototype Tour Stock putter available in the TSG Proshop. There are still a handful left for those interested and …
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- Tags: a33, a55, camera, digital camera, dslr, Japan, nex, sony, transluscent mirror
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Since getting my Sony Nex-5 camera, photography has been a lot of fun. The Nex is wonderfully portable and takes so many different lenses via adapter like Leica and Voigtlander …
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Demos have begun appearing of the new Tourstage X-Drive 705 type 415 driver and they look great. Only 415cc but still confident looking at address with deeper face and higher …
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- Tags: images, Japan, kiminomori, photos, sony nex-5
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I’ve been a bit too busy to post on the blog these days. Thanks to Tourspecgolfer for keeping the posts going! I do end up taking my camera everywhere I …
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(Sony Nex-5 – Sigma 30mm F1.4 EX DC: 30mm, f/1.4, 1/50 sec, ISO250) Tario (aka gocchin) joined Tourspecgolf back in 2008 after spending over a decade in technology and business …
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We’re waiting for our new Tourstage demos to come in some time after Japan’s Obon holiday. In the meantime we’ve got some preview pics of the new X-Blade GR Iron …
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Crazy Shafts is not only know for making some of the hottest performing premium grade carbon shafts in Japan. They also make cool clothes, shoes, and accessories. Crazy worked together …
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- Tags: fairway wood, r9, supertri, Taylormade Japan, titanium
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Pictures have surfaced in Japan of the new Supertri Ti Fairway wood for Japan. We don’t have much info on the club yet but as with previous JDM Japan Domestic …
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Today I received my new GreenOn Plus GPS unit. For those of you who don’t know, GPS stands for Global Positioning System. It works using satellites around the earth to …
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