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Top of the Line in Japan? Nope . . .read on .FIRST ANNUALJAPANESE STUNT KITEWORLD COMPETITIONIt's The Samurai!The First Annual Japanese StuntKite World Competition was heldat Kugenuma Beach (nearKamakura and Yokohama),Japan, on January 22 . The eventwas obviously pretty well attendedas correspondent MasatoHorikiri's photos attest .Above (left), Top of the Line inJapan? Well, no not actually . . . it'sreally The Samurai, who say thattheir dream is to attend the 3rdAnnual West Coast Nationals .They fly to the music of Kitaro, aJapanese musician and composerwho has a good audiencein the States, as well .SKQ photos by Masato Horikiri .Part of the group of participants at the Japanese Stunt KiteWorld's first competition .