Cole and I got seven tickets to the Japan vs USA baseball game in Sapporo, so we went with Mme. Harriz our college professor, Connor, Michael, Jeff, and Gianni who are all old friends.
It was hard to get tickets and we were lucky because baseball is so popular in Japan. Sometime you must book a field two months in advance just to play a game!
We went by train to the game, and on the train it was really crammed with people, it was very hard to sit down. Everyone was trying to get to the game!
When we arrived, there was so many people lined up at the snack bars. We got our snacks and took our seats. Mme. Harriz, Thomas and Gianni were cheering for Japan; Connor, Michael, Jeff and Cole were cheering for USA. Baseball has been played in Japan for more than 100 years so everyone knew all of the rules. The game began, in the first inning Japan scored twice and grounded out three times. USA had a man on second and had scored once. In the second inning Hisashi Takeda hit a home run for Japan and Derek Jeter hit a homer for USA.
The game did not have any more runs until the seventh inning when just before the rakki sebun ( the Japanese version of the seventh inning stretch when everyone releases these little balloons ) Mark Texeira hit a grand slam! After that it was pretty much all over for Japan and the USA won 9-5.
Cole and I were all surprised by how popular baseball was and the difference in snacks found there. But no matter how different it seemed at first once we walked out to our seats we remembered the good ole sport we knew and loved. Nothing couldn't felt better than the warm sun shining down on us the warm breeze brushing against us and the sound of many people kindheartedly cheering for their favorite team!
In Sapporo just like many other Japanese cities most people live in apartments. Here, I heard of chonaikai. Chonaikai is a community association that gathers and talk about; social welfare,environment, health, and festival in their community.
In Hokkaido fire can spread extremely quickly because the houses/apartments are heated by gas heaters which are very flammable and houses are close together.
Because of this in smaller tsunamis its not the waves but the fire that causes the most destruction.
It was hard to get tickets and we were lucky because baseball is so popular in Japan. Sometime you must book a field two months in advance just to play a game!
We went by train to the game, and on the train it was really crammed with people, it was very hard to sit down. Everyone was trying to get to the game!
When we arrived, there was so many people lined up at the snack bars. We got our snacks and took our seats. Mme. Harriz, Thomas and Gianni were cheering for Japan; Connor, Michael, Jeff and Cole were cheering for USA. Baseball has been played in Japan for more than 100 years so everyone knew all of the rules. The game began, in the first inning Japan scored twice and grounded out three times. USA had a man on second and had scored once. In the second inning Hisashi Takeda hit a home run for Japan and Derek Jeter hit a homer for USA.
Cole and I were all surprised by how popular baseball was and the difference in snacks found there. But no matter how different it seemed at first once we walked out to our seats we remembered the good ole sport we knew and loved. Nothing couldn't felt better than the warm sun shining down on us the warm breeze brushing against us and the sound of many people kindheartedly cheering for their favorite team!
In Sapporo just like many other Japanese cities most people live in apartments. Here, I heard of chonaikai. Chonaikai is a community association that gathers and talk about; social welfare,environment, health, and festival in their community.
In Hokkaido fire can spread extremely quickly because the houses/apartments are heated by gas heaters which are very flammable and houses are close together.
Because of this in smaller tsunamis its not the waves but the fire that causes the most destruction.
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