My First Japanese Baseball Match Waseda VS Meiji University

First time to see baseball match on Sunday after staying in Tokyo for 3 years! Our trip was accompanied by two Japanese friends who loves baseball and one is still playing actively in his own prefecture.

They sold special supporter tickets at the side entrance for people who want to cheer for their own team. It cost 500yen while normal tickets cost 1500yen. What a difference! Our opponent was Meiji University, which snapped up some champion cups over the past few seasons. Very strong.

Ticket came with this paper gadget and a booklet introducing the players.

You fold the paper and whoala!!! It's something to hit and produce the cheering sounds! (Good to talk to your friends too in the noisy environment). They even collect this back to recycle after the match.

Supporter seats come with a price... we had to cheer (of course). But I didn't know that we had to stand up and cheer every time our player goes into the batting position... I gave up later because I was coughing badly and hungry.

Cheerleaders are super genki (full of energy) and kawaii(cute) on the other hand.

Yes yes, love Waseda!

I think it is rare that guys join the cheerleading team. Apparently, baseball is a very popular sports event in Japan.

It was so intense that the score came to a draw at 2-2 after almost 4 hours. An additional round had to be added the next day to decide the winner. I was later warned by a volunteer that taking photos during the match was forbidden! I was speechless. My friend said that it's possible that there are hentai(perverted) guys who take the photos of the cheerleaders for... ...hentai reasons. So ok, reason accepted.

Overall, cheering for your university's baseball team is *EXHAUSTING*.
I rest my case, *cough cough*.