Muted Tokyo

Ohio gozaimasu!

Today I found a team to root for that beats both the White Sox and the Cubs…the Yoimuri Giants (aka the Tokyo Giants). In the sweltering humidity of the Tokyo Dome, fifteen other American teachers and I nibbled on bento snacks, sucked down icy cold Kirin beers, and cheered on the Giants to a landslide victory over the Orix Buffalos. After losing the previous two games in the series against the Buffalos, the Giants rallied last night, scoring not one but six out-of-the-park homeruns! Amid a rowdy crowd of drunk salary men and screaming girls decked out in designer threads, I learned all the latest cheers, including “da da da da Toyoda” and “Nioka, Nioka!” 

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