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The Tokyo Traveler

July 2nd, 2008

Baseball Legend Sadaharu Oh in Tokyo

Sadaharu Oh is a baseball legend in Japan, he signed with the Yomiuri Giants in 1959 and played for 22 seasons, slugging 868 home runs (Barry Bonds has 762), winning 14 league pennants and 11 Japan Series. In 1962 he was the Central league home run leader, a title that he held for 13 […]

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May 18th, 2008

Nihon on the Net - 5/18/08

Don’t forget to participate in the poll in the sidebar and leave me a comment at “What do you want to know about Tokyo?“. I’ll be featuring some of the questions and providing answers throughout the month of June.
Anime and Manga are hot in Hollywood - but other American cities are getting in on […]

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May 16th, 2008

It’s a hit! Baseball in Tokyo

Baseball is Japan’s favorite sport and if you love baseball then no trip to Japan would be complete without a trip to the ballpark. Nippon Professional Baseball has exported the likes of Ichiro, Daisuke Matsuzaka (Dice-K) and Fukudome to MLB and if you are lucky you might get to see the next Japanese slugger […]

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May 4th, 2008

Nihon on the Net

Japanese Royal Tombs opened to Scholars for the first time.
It will cost Japan approximately $100,000 dollars to redesign a commemorative coin because of a copyright dispute with a Brazilian artist.
A new high speed train service connecting Tokyo to Kanagawa Prefecture utilizes a “secret” train track under Tokyo.
Bobby Valentine, a baseball manager for the Chiba […]

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