Daisuke is back to Japan from Skate Canada

On Nov. 24, 2009, Daisuke Takahashi is back to Japan from Skate Canada and he arrived at Osaka airport.
Takahashi said with smile "I'm so happy to entry for Grand Prix Final and it's been a quite long time I mounted the podium as a medalist. At morning exhibition practice, as I changed the quad jump's way a little bit, it did work well. I think it's getting better."
Takahashi added about Nobunari Oda, "I'll just do my best and I think that'll be rewarded with good results for me."

Daisuke is back to Osaka.
http://www.47news.jp/CN/200911/CN2009112401000891.html

Daisuke's pics
http://www.sanspo.com/sports/photos/091124/spm0911241948001-p1.htm
http://www.sanspo.com/sports/photos/091124/spm0911241948001-p2.htm
http://www.sanspo.com/sports/photos/091123/spm0911231014005-p1.htm

Thanks for the news and pics, Leode!
Whoa, he looks so elegant, what happened to that casual style of his? And at the same time he seems very tired to me. Poor thing, I wish him to have a good rest for a while.

BTW: I was too tired to comment on DTFF these two days, but I was constantly reading your posts, everyone, and now I wanna thank all of you for that. It's really nice to read the words of love and support for Dai, especially when other people (in Russia, particularly) were much less kind on him.
Once again, congradulations for Daisuke!

Here's another short article about his return:
http://www.daily.co.jp/newsflash/2009/11/24/0002537956.shtml

Daisuke says, "I'm not thinking about it (the GPF) as a competition to obtain an Olympic berth. It'll be my first time in awhile facing Oda-kun, so if anything, I'm looking forward to that more."

I'm looking forward to their showdown too! It'll be the the first time they've competed against each other since 2007 Worlds, and it'll be a good prelude to Japanese Nationals. I predict lots of fluffs/news features playing up their rivalry preceding the GPF.

Thanks for the articles, Leode (also thanks for the picture links) and Calliope. I'm glad Daisuke is not putting too much pressure on himself to earn his Olympic spot at the Final. It will be awesome to see him and Nobu compete against each other once again. Too bad Takahiko couldn't make it there. The whole men's competition will be very interesting though. No one is a sure bet for a medal.

Thank you for the article, Calliope!
And I'm glad to hear that you went back home safely from Canada, swandie and Genki!!