for anyone who may be in/around tokyo over the holidays, the final keirin championship race ("grand prix") will be held on december 30 at the tokyo oval keiokaku track. for anyone who may be able to attend, it should be an exciting and raucous affair! more details below (in japanese):

http://www.keiringp.com/index.php
http://www.keiringp.com/gp_01.php

http://keirin.jp/pc/dfw/portal/guest.../27/tenbo.html

http://www.keiokaku.com/