I lived in Japan for a year in the Navy. I can tell you the culture is AMAZING there! Great job capturing the Japanese life there. I always wanted to take a trip to Fukuoka and catch a game there, but never made it. Now I really regret it. Thanks for bringing us along on this awesome trip! ❤️
This is where Japanese highschool tournament happens. The High school tournaments in Japan for baseball is like a March Madness. Highschool players get drafted from highschool
Koshien Stadium is basically Japan version of Fenway Park, is also the host stadium of their High School Championship, which is basically the march madness of Japan
It's alot more like Wrigley considering the outfield seating, and seating color. Another NPB stadium (Mazda Stadium Hiroshima) was built with Fenway park in mind, but it opened in 2009.
Zack, I love you because your brutally honest. You don't BS people.. And you are super genuine about it. Example: When you say you can't take people to games. You are just honest and say no, unless you pay.... It's pretty great, and it makes you super easy to watch... I love that you don't sugar coat things that other famous people would
Awesome to see this coverage on Koshien I was lucky enough to play on that field in 2008 against their Japan High School National team. Right after that high school Tournament in August In which Toin Won. Thanks again for this vid.
Holy goodness this video was awesome! I'm going to Tokyo and Osaka in 2024 with a buddy who I met playing baseball and we are definitely going to games there and it's going to be so special.
I should mention that the Koshien is also known as the field of dreams in Japan. For high school tournaments its like your playing at a Olympic type atmosphere.
I don't root for Hanshin Tigers. But this stadium has always been special to people who love baseball in Japan. I hope I will make it to the stadium in the near future. And I really appreciate the fact you have shown your respect to Japanese baseball culture.
Another interesting stadium to visit is Met Life Dome of the Seibu Lions. Originally an open air ballpark but decided to add a roof in the late 90s. However, instead of building a perimeter wall with roof sitting on top of it, they opted to use pillars to support the roof. So there is gap between the top row of the stand and the lower edge of the roof. This feature makes this stadium the only non retractable roof dome which out of park homerun can happen!
Great Japanese baseball video. I appreciated that you spent some time actually talking about the ambience and the stadium. Most American-made _my first Japanese baseball game_ are actually food and eating videos: I hate these, than I ate that, then I ate those over here, I drank a Japanese Coca-Cola and tried a lot more snacks. Really informative, entertaining video, Zack.
I live in the UK and I love baseball so so much, and I haven't been able to find a youtuber that makes me feel like I'm at the games as much as you do. So personal- it's better than the MLB channel!! I hope I can one day do what you do!
Baseball under a blue sky on a warm summer day, like centuries old, in an outdoor ballpark that doesn't feel/look like an airplane hanger is just more magical.
I still don't understand why MLB doesn't work out a deal to play these games in the states. It would be a day late but super cool on the MLB network. Better then watching re-runs. Go Tigers!
NPB is very protective of maintaining it's cultural authority in Japan, which is why they have the posting system to limit NPB players going to the gaijen MLB
When I first started watching Zack I thought he was some weird guy, but I kept watching his videos and now I can't miss one, totally awesome what you do for a job and its amazing how you make a living. A total inspiration.
I went to a Yomiuri Giants game at the Tokyo Dome and it was the most fun I've had at a baseball game. The crowd knew all the chants and we're super hyped. And the concessions are bomb. And the girls running up and down the aisles with kegs on their backs are pretty entertaining as well.
I did a random search of Japanese baseball and found your video! The Hanshin Tigers are my favorite Japanese baseball team and it was so cool to see you go through there! My very first time in Japan ever was in Osaka and I had a blast! Some people kept saying I looked like one of the players and wanted to take pictures with me. I'll have to check out that museum when I go back. Thanks for telling us how to get a jersey! If you make your way to Korea (once our current situation ends), you MUST check out Korean baseball! The energy at these games are ELECTRIC! Now only if the Tigers can break the "Curse Of The Colonel"
I went to their home opener in the beginning of April, and I was beyond impressed with this whole experience. Wish I got my own keychain though. Can't wait to go back there!
That is one of your best videos! I live in China and I love going to the games in Korea and Japan. I wish you did more videos on baseball in Korea and Japan. The game is truly a passion here!
Koshien Stadium hosts high school baseball tournaments every year in the spring and summer. It’s a elimination tournament so lose one match and it’s over.
Japan is doing a good job making Baseball alive! I am not a fan of baseball, but I am becoming more a fan due to Ace of Diamond series!! I want to see Koshien!!! it’s something I want to do before I die!
Great feel of the atmopshere. Thank you for the video and also treating the park, staff and fans respectfully, not getting loud, annoying or drunk. My girlfriend and I want to visit Japan and we are definitely putting a stop in Koshien on the list. We want to sit in the bleachers cheering section. P.S. I learned a while ago that Bases Loaded 1 and 2 for NES were originally simulations of NPL hence the Central and Pacific divisons and the music was supposed to be the fans chanting.
About this Koshien studium. In every sommer the inter-high school baseball championship opens at the Koshien base ball studium. Representative high schools of each prefecture play game as tournament from 4000 high schools of all Japan.The representative high schools are 47 schools.
Koshien isn't the name of the city, but a reference to the year the ballpark was built, 1924, using the Chinese sexagenary cycle ("Year of the Yang Wood Rat Park"). The city is Nishinomiya.
Hi I’m Japanese. I’m very glad you came to Koshien Stadium and enjoyed it. Please come back to Japan someday to watch some baseball games! 日本に来てくれてありがとう！またいつか来て下さい！
Oooooooh my. Looks like I’ll have to get to Koshien to take in a game as part of a bucket list trip to Japan. Also definitely will be following along now. And good tip on the free Hanshin Tigers jersey for foreigners deal.
I'd love to see more videos like this. Oakland has a few memorabilia spots to check out which means so does every stadium. Ball hawking is cool but this video had some special content
I remember the old Baseball Stadiums somewhere in Japan. Some examples are Korakuen Stadium at Tokyo near the Dome and the Hotel itself, Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium somewhere in Hyogo close in Koshien Stadium, Tokyo Baseball Stadium from 1961-1977 in Arakawa and the Osaka Stadium that repurposed as a damn Housing Complex with parked cars inside that almost the stadium had no proper usage. And so on... Fujidera, Hiroshima, Gifu, Nissei and the Heiwadai close to Fukuoka Dome. I really love those stadiums as in Baseball was like common in Japan on early days (or maybe not)
Zach Love the videos. And love this one. A game that is a must see is the LG Twins Korean Baseball game. Hands down the most exiting regular season game I have been to with all the songs and and dancing. A must when u come to Korea
Man you haven’t even seen how it is when the season is on the way. The stadiums are almost always full, and you can hear thousands of people singing, clapping and chanting the batter’s name in unison.
I've thought about living temporary in Japan at times, and now you make that decision a little harder to resist, lol. I love baseball and it looks like Japan loves it too.
I lived in Japan for a year in the Navy. I can tell you the culture is AMAZING there! Great job capturing the Japanese life there. I always wanted to take a trip to Fukuoka and catch a game there, but never made it. Now I really regret it. Thanks for bringing us along on this awesome trip! ❤️
Joe Kunsch thank you for your service
Potatoe Face 🙏
Thank YOU so much for watching and for the kind words. Glad to share the journey with people who really appreciate it.
Joe Kunsch thank you for your service🙏
@@baseballislife1242 thank you very much!
This is where Japanese highschool tournament happens. The High school tournaments in Japan for baseball is like a March Madness. Highschool players get drafted from highschool
yea, is totally like this, its so good to watcch
Koshien Stadium is basically Japan version of Fenway Park, is also the host stadium of their High School Championship, which is basically the march madness of Japan
It's alot more like Wrigley considering the outfield seating, and seating color. Another NPB stadium (Mazda Stadium Hiroshima) was built with Fenway park in mind, but it opened in 2009.
Zack, I love you because your brutally honest. You don't BS people.. And you are super genuine about it. Example: When you say you can't take people to games. You are just honest and say no, unless you pay.... It's pretty great, and it makes you super easy to watch... I love that you don't sugar coat things that other famous people would
Thanks so much! I find that being direct is the best approach.
I'm Japanese and living in Mexico. I love to visit MLB stadium．I remember my childhood memory by your Kohshien video. Many thanks.
Mexico has their own baseball league. You should check it out!
Thanks for watching!
Awesome to see this coverage on Koshien I was lucky enough to play on that field in 2008 against their Japan High School National team. Right after that high school Tournament in August In which Toin Won. Thanks again for this vid.
Holy goodness this video was awesome! I'm going to Tokyo and Osaka in 2024 with a buddy who I met playing baseball and we are definitely going to games there and it's going to be so special.
I should mention that the Koshien is also known as the field of dreams in Japan. For high school tournaments its like your playing at a Olympic type atmosphere.
I went there July 2011. Best sport experience of my life hands down
This is awesome! Thank you for showing it all!
I don't root for Hanshin Tigers. But this stadium has always been special to people who love baseball in Japan. I hope I will make it to the stadium in the near future. And I really appreciate the fact you have shown your respect to Japanese baseball culture.
Another interesting stadium to visit is Met Life Dome of the Seibu Lions. Originally an open air ballpark but decided to add a roof in the late 90s. However, instead of building a perimeter wall with roof sitting on top of it, they opted to use pillars to support the roof. So there is gap between the top row of the stand and the lower edge of the roof. This feature makes this stadium the only non retractable roof dome which out of park homerun can happen!
GREAT video! You need to come back during the regular season (or playoffs) and experience the madness at its maddest!!!
Thanks! Hopefully I will be able to someday.
Great Japanese baseball video. I appreciated that you spent some time actually talking about the ambience and the stadium. Most American-made _my first Japanese baseball game_ are actually food and eating videos: I hate these, than I ate that, then I ate those over here, I drank a Japanese Coca-Cola and tried a lot more snacks. Really informative, entertaining video, Zack.
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it. That means a lot -- you clearly have a good eye for this stuff.
You also can go to Taiwan baseball stadium. We have different culture than Japan and U.S.
Come here and have fun!!
I saw a Dragon’s game when I was a kid and it was crazy how enthusiastic the fans are, especially with their noise makers.
Great vid man
I really appreciate how you support your fans
Thanks!
I never get bored with your videos Zack 👍
same :)
:)
I live in the UK and I love baseball so so much, and I haven't been able to find a youtuber that makes me feel like I'm at the games as much as you do. So personal- it's better than the MLB channel!! I hope I can one day do what you do!
Then Get ready for the London Series baby :)
"get ready" is an understatement 😁
Awesome! Thank you so much for watching.
Baseball under a blue sky on a warm summer day, like centuries old, in an outdoor ballpark that doesn't feel/look like an airplane hanger is just more magical.
You should come to my middle school game on long island it’s completely free 😂
I live on LI!
:)
I live on long island
I still don't understand why MLB doesn't work out a deal to play these games in the states. It would be a day late but super cool on the MLB network. Better then watching re-runs. Go Tigers!
Or they have the Japanese Teams play in the States as a Japan In US Series
this should be a no brainer
NPB is very protective of maintaining it's cultural authority in Japan, which is why they have the posting system to limit NPB players going to the gaijen MLB
Best fans in baseball, always go to a game when I visit Japan
When I first started watching Zack I thought he was some weird guy, but I kept watching his videos and now I can't miss one, totally awesome what you do for a job and its amazing how you make a living. A total inspiration.
I went to a Yomiuri Giants game at the Tokyo Dome and it was the most fun I've had at a baseball game. The crowd knew all the chants and we're super hyped. And the concessions are bomb. And the girls running up and down the aisles with kegs on their backs are pretty entertaining as well.
Thank you for taking us to these games. I know i will probably never be able to go to japan to see this amazing place.
We went to see the Hanshin Tigers last summer. Such a fantastic experience. We could learn a few things form their fans.
Awesome video Zack!! Thanks for bringing us this content, something we may never get to see in our lifetime!! 🙌🏼💯🇯🇵
I did a random search of Japanese baseball and found your video! The Hanshin Tigers are my favorite Japanese baseball team and it was so cool to see you go through there! My very first time in Japan ever was in Osaka and I had a blast! Some people kept saying I looked like one of the players and wanted to take pictures with me.
I'll have to check out that museum when I go back. Thanks for telling us how to get a jersey!
If you make your way to Korea (once our current situation ends), you MUST check out Korean baseball! The energy at these games are ELECTRIC!
Now only if the Tigers can break the "Curse Of The Colonel"
Awesome! I'm glad you found me.
This was a super cool video Zack! Thanks for sharing with us fans!
I went to their home opener in the beginning of April, and I was beyond impressed with this whole experience. Wish I got my own keychain though. Can't wait to go back there!
For those saying his streak is over, it’s not. Zack doesn’t count games not in the MLB.
Yup!
球場の個性、老舗感、ファン、やっぱり日本最高の球場は甲子園だ
日本の Fenway Parkだ
美しく、カープファン一色のマツダスタジアムも歴史積めばよい球場になりそうだ
過去では今は亡き後楽園スタジアムも秀逸だった
未来では新日本ハムスタジアムを早く見てみたい
Thanks for the very informative and entertaining video.
Ace of diamond, i love it, i love all
Major is better
the summer highschool tournament is bigger hype than pro baseball there....its awesome :D
Just like how college football is more hype than the NFL
Nice video, the atmosphere at Koshien is second to none! I've been only once, but the memories are long lasting
甲子園を世界に紹介してくれてありがとう
That is one of your best videos! I live in China and I love going to the games in Korea and Japan. I wish you did more videos on baseball in Korea and Japan. The game is truly a passion here!
Koshien Stadium hosts high school baseball tournaments every year in the spring and summer. It’s a elimination tournament so lose one match and it’s over.
Always happy to see the notification :) Your biggest fan from France 🇫🇷⚾️
Nice to see other people enjoing the game :)
Tres bien! Merci.
Great Video, Zack! Glad you had a good time in Japan and I am very happy to now know more about the baseball culture in Japan! Very cool!!!!
Thank you!
4:56 - you can hear the hanshin tigers theme song (yeah teams in Japan have theme songs) playing on background
I’m glad you got to visit the best stadium in Japan (Koshien) and watched the best team (Hanshin Tigers) play!
Japan is doing a good job making Baseball alive! I am not a fan of baseball, but I am becoming more a fan due to Ace of Diamond series!!
I want to see Koshien!!! it’s something I want to do before I die!
There’s this youtuber that doesn’t post anymore but s/he made good videos on koshien from a bunch of random years if you’d like to watch him
Great feel of the atmopshere. Thank you for the video and also treating the park, staff and fans respectfully, not getting loud, annoying or drunk. My girlfriend and I want to visit Japan and we are definitely putting a stop in Koshien on the list. We want to sit in the bleachers cheering section. P.S. I learned a while ago that Bases Loaded 1 and 2 for NES were originally simulations of NPL hence the Central and Pacific divisons and the music was supposed to be the fans chanting.
Thank you! Really glad you enjoyed it.
About this Koshien studium. In every sommer the inter-high school baseball championship opens at the Koshien base ball studium. Representative high schools of each prefecture play game as tournament from 4000 high schools of all Japan.The representative high schools are
47 schools.
Koshien isn't the name of the city, but a reference to the year the ballpark was built, 1924, using the Chinese sexagenary cycle ("Year of the Yang Wood Rat Park"). The city is Nishinomiya.
This atmosphere seems similar to the atmosphere of a soccer game
buddy is my cat he meant a soccer game taking place in any country other than the USA.
buddy is my cat I wasn't asking if you were.
You post the best videos like this one
He never disappoints :)
That 7th inning was awesome
Yes I wish we did that :)
That would be kool but security would be tossing every one out of the ballpark hahaha
@@geokan1219 ha :)
My dad played for the hansian tigers casey Fossum
That's cool!
Casey fossum is your dad??? Man i remember when he played for my dbacks
How many siblings do you have 😂
2 siblings brother sister
Amazing video thank you very much
Hi I’m Japanese. I’m very glad you came to Koshien Stadium and enjoyed it. Please come back to Japan someday to watch some baseball games! 日本に来てくれてありがとう！またいつか来て下さい！
Where’s my man Eijun Sawamura?
you mean that loud side character in Ace of Diamond?
AccendinoMCM
He’s the protagonist 😆
Did you mean the character in Furuya no Ace?
Ralf Arman G. Baldonado
Furuya isn’t the main character
海外でもダイヤのAって有名なんだね
he protec
he attacc
but most importantly, did he bring a baseball bacc
Thank you for sharing this video . I never knew anything about Japans baseball . Very educational and now i know. Thank you again .
Oooooooh my. Looks like I’ll have to get to Koshien to take in a game as part of a bucket list trip to Japan. Also definitely will be following along now. And good tip on the free Hanshin Tigers jersey for foreigners deal.
Unpopular opinion: Mr. Baseball is a Top 5 Baseball movie of All-Time.
amazing flck
Okay, Now we just gotta move hockey and football to japan and I'll be satisfied xD god the crowds are just...amazing
they have professional gridiron league but the popularity still behind rugby and football, another japanese popular team sport
Wonder if Miyuki or Sawamura was there 😂
Casey ACE OF Dimond !!
there is MISAWA @2:36
Hongo won
Hope to see you in London Zack! I’ll be at the London games this year
Hey me toooo
I shall be there.
This is a amazing video
Thanks!
Did you catch a ball? Does this count for your streak of games catching a ball?
Marty Johnson no it major league stadiums and balls
No and no.
I found it funny how the teams names are both professional sports team in Detroit. Detroit tigers, and Detroit lions.
Ha, true!
Nice that you visited Koshien
its my dream visit the oldest active stadium of Pro Baseball and home of The High School Tournaments in Japn
I'd love to see more videos like this. Oakland has a few memorabilia spots to check out which means so does every stadium. Ball hawking is cool but this video had some special content
Thanks for all of the tips I am going to a game today hope your tips come in handy
hope they do :)
Dang it they didn’t work I didn’t get a ball
@@spencerjohnson9176 better luck next time :)
Awesome Video Zack, Keep up the fantastic work dude!
Thanks!
Zach quick question was there a mound or did they pitch off flat ground
They have a mound otherwise that would be a huge adjustment for their players coming here.
I thought ur first Japan game was Seattle Mariners vs a japan team
Nope
Mariners vs. A's, and it was regular season for MLB.
Is it just me or are there a lot of TH-camrs that have gone or are in Japan this year?
Ace of dimond!!!
I remember the old Baseball Stadiums somewhere in Japan. Some examples are Korakuen Stadium at Tokyo near the Dome and the Hotel itself, Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium somewhere in Hyogo close in Koshien Stadium, Tokyo Baseball Stadium from 1961-1977 in Arakawa and the Osaka Stadium that repurposed as a damn Housing Complex with parked cars inside that almost the stadium had no proper usage. And so on... Fujidera, Hiroshima, Gifu, Nissei and the Heiwadai close to Fukuoka Dome. I really love those stadiums as in Baseball was like common in Japan on early days (or maybe not)
日本人の人々は野球が大好き!
Japanese love baseball!
Zach Love the videos. And love this one. A game that is a must see is the LG Twins Korean Baseball game. Hands down the most exiting regular season game I have been to with all the songs and and dancing. A must when u come to Korea
I wish MLB games this same kind of energy and atmosphere like this
@@buddyismycat1141 old baseball mentality 🙄
Man you haven’t even seen how it is when the season is on the way. The stadiums are almost always full, and you can hear thousands of people singing, clapping and chanting the batter’s name in unison.
lol its usually zzzzzzzzzz😴😴😴😴😴
高校生のときに甲子園球場の歴史館に行って、ドラフト体験やりました！
懐かしい☺️
その時はダイヤのA展をやっていて、ファンの女性が人気キャラクターである御幸一也を巨人に入団させていて笑っちゃいました
一緒に行った友達と、その人たちの真後ろに並んで、睨みつけながら御幸一也と倉持洋一を阪神に入団させたのを覚えています
Love your videos
Zach on one vid you should how you to get to the baseball games like your flight the airport and your hotel room good vids keep it up!😀
That sounds so good
It is like our india 🇮🇳 Cricket. first time I watched baseball match.
It's the exhibition game (the pre-season game). The regular season games are more amazing! ;)
Did u get a ball?
It was a spring training game and wasn't a MLB game so it wouldn't count anyways.
that guy gave him one during the museum tour
Wow that looks like awesome experince
Hey Zach, go back to Rogers centre please! I always have such a hard time catching balls there.
The Hall of Fame needs a wing specifically set aside to recognize the greatest fans of all time.
Great Video Zack maybe you can take tours at other baseball stadiums from around the world
Thanks, I'd love to.
Looks like fun!
You should make a wall of baseballs in your apartment. Like the one in the museum
guys gonna need a bigger apartment to make a good baseball wall.
I’m glad that you enjoyed our 甲子園!
STREAK IS OVER
Nope
Only MLB counts for me.
NPB > MLB
Games are much more intense
Baseball is the #1 sport in japan
Your T-shirt's kanji is funny which means "Baseball maniac"lol. Especially Kanji's typeface is so cool!
Ha, yup!!
I don’t know much about Japanese baseball but I imagine shrines to itani and ichiro everywhere
well people use Ichiro and Ohtani shirts everywhere nowdays
there is shirines near some stadiums, but are shinto shirines
I wouldn't be surprised if they erected an Ichiro statue somewhere. The guy is one of the most successful japanese sports men.
I'd love to travel to Japan one day but i don't think I'd like all the time it takes to get there
7:01 not gonna lie that's cool
there is ace of diamond!!! i love that fact
Looks like the infield runs much deeper in that stadium.
I love that Jacket Zack - where did you get it?
Thanks! Bloomingdale's outlet store in NYC.
I've thought about living temporary in Japan at times, and now you make that decision a little harder to resist, lol. I love baseball and it looks like Japan loves it too.