Apparently Piper is "popular" in Japan from what Alan Sensei tells me.
I think Piper ended up on video and that video could have made it on to the anniversary clip circulated through Japan. What many of you know, but I haven't written on here, is that Piper is a bit of a miracle baby. Yes, all babies are tinny miracles- absolutely. But I had been told I had too many health issues to be able to conceive. Several Doctors still can't believe Piper is here with us.
The point of bringing that up is that Shumei does an energy work that I had the benefit of receiving daily around the time Piper was conceived. I was doing a few alternative things to regulate my system. We hadn't even decided to try to have a child, I was simply trying to get myself healthy. However there are a few things that happened up at Shumei that led me to believe my connection up there had a very large impact on this outcome. I'm assuming the story is part of the Piper buzz in Japan.
Regardless of your beliefs, I think its pretty darn cool Piper has a Japanese following.