Japan Adventure

I couldn't catch a photo, but each time a batter got a hit, the digital sign here spelled out "Great Hit!" in English where it now says "Mazda Zoom-Zoom"


Excited fans!


Carps batting.


Many Japanese fans wear shirts representing their favorite ballplayer's name & number.


This little girl's hat represents the mascot we saw dancing on field earlier.


This generous boy in our American group (@75 of us) took a large bag of candy down to the fence to share with other children. Nice job!!!


Hmmmmm . . .


No one claps, but hits their plastic bats together -similar sound & doesn't hurt your hands . . .


Hiroshima Carps were begun in 1950 - that's just 5 years after Hiroshima City was vaporized by the atomic bomb ending WWII. For more info, click HERE


You're supposed to buy a long red Carps balloon so you can participate in the uh, Balloon Event . . . But when fully inflated, it turns bright pink. I LOVE the artistic rendition of the carp spelling out "Hiroshima" on these balloons. This is the equivalent of the 7th inning stretch, I think.