That 70s Kung-fu Show

Three Singaporeans were lost for a day in the freezing mountains of Aomori, Japan on a quest to fulfil the dying wish of a family member by trying to find a karate master... It was on Thursday that the Japanese media began reporting about the 13 Singaporeans in Aomori prefecture, northern Japan. Three of them went missing on Wednesday in the mountains, where there was still two metres of snow. Luckily, they were spotted trying to beat the freezing weather in an abandoned car. They were in search of a karate master in Aomori's Soma village. It was to fulfil the wish of a karate master in Singapore, who died some years ago, to find a man in Japan who possessed secrets about karate. According to Ms Asari of Hirosaki City in Aomori, the group did not possess a photo or any concrete materials about the man, except that he was quiet, a widower and had two daughters. The city brought the one and only person who practises karate in Soma village to meet the group, but the Singaporeans said he wasn't the one. Hirosaki's tourism board is hoping to help them find the man and most of the Singaporeans intend to stay in the area until the end of this month. Reminds you of that 70s Kung-fu show, eh? Well, it also reminds me of one major pain-in-the-ass back in 1992, someone by the subtle name of, Mr. Karate, of Art of Fighting (龍虎の拳: Ryūko no Ken) fame. Here's a pic of da man, along with a very tongue-in-cheek quote of his.