Koshien (こうしえん) Field ball (やきゅう) Holy Land (せいち)
( Koshien - the Holy Land of Japanese Baseball)
"Koshien (こうしえん)" is the full name of "Hanshin Koshien Stadium" (はんしんこうし"えんきゅうじょう", located in Hyogo Prefecture Nishinomiya City, is the earliest and largest baseball stadium built in Japan, able to accommodate more than 47,000 spectators.
However, the reason why Koshien Stadium is said to be the holy land of Japanese baseball is that The reason is not its history and scale, but because of the annual "National High School (こうとうがっこう) Field Ball (やきゅう) Players (せんしゅうけん) Conference (たいかい)". That is " The finals of the "Japan High School Baseball National Series" are held every year at Koshien Stadium. This means that there are more than 4,000 school baseball teams across Japan every year, striving to represent their regions and advance to the finals. Fight hard.
Only one team from each region ( Hokkaido and Tokyo are two teams) can qualify to enter the Koshien Stadium, so it can be said that they compete every year. The biggest dream of more than 40,000 high school baseball players is also their greatest honor.
"Koshien" has also become synonymous with the "Japan High School Baseball National Championship". The finals of Koshien are held in August every year, so it is usually also known as "Koshien". It's called "Summer (Nana) Koshien" . This year's competition will last for 15 days from August 8 (originally postponed due to typhoon on August 6). This year is the 99th, which means that it will be held on August 8 next year. It will be the 100th session this month! Children who are interested in sports should really go and experience it if they have the chance.
By the way, the "Mingtoku Junior High School" that has a good cooperative relationship with our Sakura International Japanese School is also here this year. For the 8th consecutive year, Kochi Prefecture has made its way out of and and entered the finals~
