Hiroshima’s Hondori
Hiroshima shopping arcade hondori (本通)
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Hiroshima Peace Memorial (AKA Atomic Bomb Dome or Genbaku Dōmu)
When I visited the Atomic Bomb Dome in 2013, work was being done on it. The construction was not to bring it back to its former, pre WW2 state; instead, it was to keep it from falling to pieces during an earthquake.
Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall sign
Fred Lewis of the Hiroshima Carp
Fred Lewis (former San Francisco Giants outfielder) in 2013
Fred Lewis spent one year with the Carp after his major league career was over. He didn’t do much in Hiroshima (batting .268 with just 4 home runs in 300 plate appearances). He had a decent year with the Giants back in 2008 when he hit .282 with 9 home runs in over 500 plate appearances. He now plays in the independent leagues in the USA.
BTW, I mentioned a couple days ago that the home team had won every game of the 2016 Climax Series, and the Carp were the favorites (and had four home games scheduled). Well, that held true for the first five games of the series. However, Hiroshima lost game six at home (and the series). Hopefully it won’t be another 32 years before they get a crack at another one.
Carp favorites in 2016 Climax Series
Shota Dobayashi (堂林 翔太)
The 2016 Climax Series (the equivalent of the World Series for Japan Professional Baseball) features the Hiroshima Carp and the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters. The series is even at 2 games each, with home teams winning every game thus far. Today’s game is in Hokkaido followed by the final two games in Hiroshima. The Carp last won the series in 1984.
Hiroshima Carp pitcher Kris Johnson, from California, was the 2016 Sawamura Award winner (equivalent to the Cy Young Award in MLB), becoming the first foreign player to earn the honor since 1964. Johnson was 15-7 with a 2.15 ERA in 26 starts for the Carp this season. He struck out 141 over 180⅓ innings and threw three complete games.
MAC has left the building
MACさん @ Hiroshima’s Koba
I only met MAC once. It was the evening I took this photo of him. He told me about about his bar down the street. We talked about traveling around the world and meeting new people. I promised him I’d visit him in his bar the next time I came through Hiroshima. That won’t happen now as MAC has died. His memory (and the stickers and flyers with his name on them around the Koba bar) remains.