Friday, December 17, 2010

Take Me Out To The Ballgame!

Tokyo Dome (Photo by S. Kopecki)
Take me out to the Tokyo Dome for a classic Japanese pastime-baseball! 











Cheering Fans (Photo by S. Kopecki)
It was the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters  vs.Softbank.  Japanese baseball may be an American import (from the 1930s) but the style of the game is totally Japanese.  It's more face-paced and the crowd is always very participatory.  Lots of the fans, still dressed in their business attire, throw on their favorite player jersey and bang their clappers together in uison with the organized cheering groups.

Hokkaido's Number One Fan (Photo by J. Donegan)
















Photo By S. Kopecki
There's the traditional hotdogs, popcorn and coke to enjoy along with other more Japanese treats (like Indian currry). 
Yum! (Photo By S. Kopecki)

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