I had the privilege of attending the Opening Day game between Oakland A's and Boston Red Sox here in Tokyo last night. Boy, did they make a song and dance about it. Literally.
The opening ceremony consisted of some traditional Japanese music, dancers in traditional dress (some wearing black and looking like Ninjas doing modern breakdance-inspired dance moves) and people holding aloft enormous racks of lanterns on long bamboo poles while somebody banged a big drum.
Not only was this my first experience of attending a baseball game in Japan - very similar to the US - but also the first time I've attended one wearing a suit. All-in-all (as Meleena would say) a great way to spend 5 hours while in Tokyo.
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