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Although less than a month of the season has elapsed, there is reason for hope in Tokyo as the usually losing Swallows are in first place!
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38 bars in one building
(Nagoya, Japan)
Ever gone to a different bar every night of the month without leaving the building? No? Well, in Japan you can. This building in Nagoya has 38 different drinking establishments within its walls. Parts of Tokyo have building after building that look like this. Anyway, each bar is unique, with its own theme and clientele. I was heading to (Hard & Heavy) Scum, a metal bar in the basement (B1). Fun place.
二の丸御殿
Nijo Castle (Kyoto, Japan)
Nijojo doesn’t look much like Japan’s other castles. Besides being a somewhat rare flatland castle, there aren’t three or more levels like most of the castles in Japan.
Fukuoka carp
福岡 鯉
Kyuji Fujikawa (藤川 球児)
Kyuji Fujikawa of the 2014 Chicago Cubs (Coors Field, Denver, Colorado)
While visiting Coors Field for the first time last year, I wondered why more than half of the photo pit was filled with Japanese photographers. I wasn’t aware of any Japanese players on either team, but that probably has more to do with my lack of interest in the National League than anything else. When Kyuji (literally “baseball child”) came trotting in from the bullpen, the photographers went crazy.
After an excellent career in Japan (196 saves and a 1.77 ERA), Kyuji hasn’t done much in MLB. He had a 5.04 ERA in two seasons with the Cubs (although he pitched in only 25 innings total–I bet the Cubs wish they hadn’t wasted $9.5M on him). He is on the DL for the Texas Rangers this year. Texas will pay him $1.1 million this season.
35 years ago today…
@judaspriest @loud_park
…this happened. Actually, the album came out 35 years ago today (4/14/80). This photo happened almost six years ago when Judas Priest played the entire British Steel album at Loud Park 2009 in Japan.