This is one of the yell leaders. The other ones had trumpets and drums, not to mention a giant flag. When your team is up to bat, you have to stand the whole time and sing chants. Each player has his own personal chant (with accompanying gestures) that you do during his whole at-bat. We were trying to approximate what the fans were singing in Japanese, but I'm pretty sure that it wasn't what we kept yelling for one guy's chant -- Conductor say, he so gay!
Hmm....what else is different about Japanese baseball? Certainly the concession stands didn't offer the same fare that they do back home. Some things, however, they have picked up from U.S. stadiums -- the beer was $7.50.
In the end, though, Japanese baseball is just as exciting as American baseball.
OSU KANNON -- Is a shrine and outdoor shopping arcade in downtown Nagoya. We went there today to search out a shop where you pay for clothing by the gram. My students (who are designer snobs) told me that it was "very too cheap," but I told them that I was very too poor. I left today with two skirts and four tops for about $20.00 total.
The maneki neko, or beckoning cat (no, that is not the Nazi salute) has its origins in our region of Japan. Makes you want to enter these stores, doesn't it?
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