My wife and I have a plan to visit Canada and the US this summer vacation. It’s our first time to go there in four years. We’re planning to watch a Major League Baseball game, the Toronto Blue Jays versus the Chicago Cubs in Toronto and I …

Japan winning the World Baseball Classic this year will always be a happy memory for me! Last weekend, we watched a documentary movie about the championship. We could learn about the players backgrounds, their inside stories, struggles and…

We visited Hokkaido to watch a baseball game, the Nippon-Ham Fighters versus the Hanshin Tigers at the new ballpark, ESCON field. We arrived there three hours before the game and enjoyed some food, local beers and the local lemon sour. The…

I won tickets for the Opening Series at ES CON Field Hokkaido in March. The NPB, baseball club, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters are opening their brand new stadium this season. The new ballpark, ES CON Field Hokkaido is located in Kita-Hirosh…

Last weekend, we visited Miyazaki prefecture and enjoyed baseball games and the local food. Our trip started aboard the ferry boat from Kobe port. It is an overnight ferry and we arrived at the port of Miyazaki on Saturday morning. We head…

The regular season of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) league has finished and we enjoyed it this year too. The NPB has two leagues and ORIX Buffaloes won the championship in the Pacific league on the final game. The Buffaloes, the H…

Last Saturday, we went to Sapporo Dome Stadium and watched a baseball game, the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters versus the Seibu Lions. It was last time for us to visit there, because the Fighters will move to a new home stadium in Kita-Hiros…

Last weekend, we visited Fukuoka prefecture for sightseeing and had a great time there. Our trip started a board the bullet train from Shin-Osaka station. After two hours and half, we arrived at Hakata terminal in Fukuoka. There’re so many…

We visited Sapporo city in Hokkaido last weekend. We watched a pair of Interleague games, the Nippon Ham Fighters versus the Chunichi Dragons. I thought that both games were exciting and we enjoyed them very much. Last Sunday, we went to t…

Last Sunday, we went to Kyocera Dome Osaka to watch the NPB, Orix Buffaloes and Chiba Lotte Marines. I wanted to see the right-hander Roki Sasaki who pitches for the Marines. He was picked in the first round of the draft in 2019 and pitche…

Baseball is back in Japan. Yesterday was the first day of spring training for Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). Five baseball teams will start practice in Miyazaki prefecture and other seven teams will train in Okinawa prefecture for abo…

Tsuyoshi SHINJYO, 49 years old signed as the new head coach with NPB, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters last week. He was once an outfielder, clutch hitter and he played with the Hanshin Tigers, Nippon-Ham Fighters in the NPB and NY Mets, SF Gi…

Congratulations to the Atlanta Braves on wining the American Baseball Championship! However, NPB (Nippon Professional Baseball) is still in the post season, because they suspended their regular season during the Tokyo Olympic games. The ba…

RHP Daisuke Matsuzaka pitched against Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters on 19th October and it was his last game. He started his career with the SEIBU Lions in Japan and then got a big contract with the Boston Redsox in the MLB. After Boston, h…

Last Sunday, we went to Koshien stadium to watch the Hanshin Tigers play the SoftBank Hawks in the Western League. Western League means the minor league in Japan. So, I’d like to explain the difference between the organization of the MLB a…

We went to Kobe to watch the ORIX Buffaloes play the RAKUTEN Eagles last Friday. The Hot Mott Field Kobe has forty thousand seats in the ballpark, but only five thousand were sold for that game, because there was the state of emergency in …

All players and coaches in the big league wear number 42 each year on April 15th and they call it Jackie Robinson Day. He opened the door to a new era in MLB, because he was the first black player to play in the Majors. That was in 1947. B…

Spring has come and also the baseball season has started in Japan. The spring training has finished and right now pre-season games are taking place with baseball fans in the stadiums. I can't wait to see the regular season, because RHP Mas…

We went to Ohjiyama stadium in Otsu last Sunday for watching a collage baseball game, Ryukoku University against Osaka Gakuin University. That game was the official game in league tournament in Kansai 6 college baseball league. That league…

I went to Osaka Dome stadium for watching a professional baseball game, ORIX Buffaloes against HOKKAIDI NIPPONHAM Fighters last Friday night. The baseball schedule (NPB) in 2020 has changed a lot due to coronavirus and NPB has restarted th…

I played a baseball game and had a good time last Sunday. There was no rain, but it was really hot and humid, so I was sweating during the game. Actually, we lost the game and there is no game scheduled for next weekend, because that game …

We stayed home last weekend because we didn't have any plan on Saturday and our baseball game was canceled due to rain on Sunday. I looked forward to play baseball, it was too bad. I hope it will be a fine day next Sunday.

I like baseball and I believe it's a national pastime in many countries. The professional league has already restarted in Taiwan and Korea, plus Japanese league (NPB) will restart on 19th June. Actually, we can't see games in stadiums, but…

The regular season games of NPB (Nippon professional baseball) was scheduled to open on 20th March in 2020, but every game was canceled due to the Corona virus. There're many professional baseball leagues in the world and right now basebal…

We love baseball and watch more than ten games in stadiums not only in Japan, but also in Taiwan, Canada and the US every season. Actually, we're planning to visit the US for watching baseball games this summer and we already got tickets t…

We're planning to visit Miyazaki this weekend to watch a baseball game and enjoying Miyazaki local foods. Now, the Phoenix league is taking place in Miyazaki and we watch a baseball game in this league every year. Miyazaki Phoenix league i…

We went to the Kobe stadium Hot Motto for watching the baseball game, Orix Buffaloes against Tohoku Rakuten Eagles last Sunday. I enjoyed the game and I got refreshed, plus finally I got a foul ball in the game. Thank you!

The opening game between the Seattle Mariners and Oakland Athletics took place on 20th ,21st March in Tokyo. It was the last game for 45 years old outfielder Ichiro Suzuki in the major league. It was officially announced of Ichiro's retire…

Thank you Ichiro! You've done great work.

We went to Tokyo to watch baseball games last weekend. In fact, we were originally planing to go Nagano for skiing but we had to change our schedules, because I had a business meeting and my wife had work last Saturday. MLB opening series,…