Real Ichiro

Guess what! I saw "real" Ichiro! Hey do you know Ichiro? I do not want you to say no. He is a famous major league Japanese baseball player!

Last night some Chi Alpha people and I went watch a beseball game in Kansas City. I had been thinking that I wanted to see Ichiro in the USA since I came here. Every single Japanese people knows Ichiro, and I respect him because he has made lots of efforts enough to be very good. then when I asked Chi Alpha people if they could take me to a stadium, they were glad to accept my offering. I was so excited!

It took about 2 hours to get to the stadium, which the major league baseball team, Kansas City Royals, owns. Also we went by the Japanese restaurant called "Gojo" on the way. I am not sure that whatI had there is Japanese food, but rice was made in Japan anyway.

The baseball game was really entertaining! Kansas City Royals scored 4 points in the first inning, so I was really disappointed at first, but Mariners, which the beseball team Ichiro belongs to, won in the end.

Speaking of Ichiro, when I first saw him, I was really impressed and thougt that he was moving as I watched on TV. What was interesting is, I taught some Japanese to Chi Alpha people and let them shout when Ichiro came up; for example, "Ute!" (make a hit), "Ganbare!" (do your best) and so on. I guess that nobody was able to understand what we were shouting. Also we stood up and bowed to Ichiro when he had a nice play. That was hilarious!!! I could not stop laughing!!! I had never seen such people even in Japan! I really love Chi Alpha people!

I really had fun last night. My dream came true, so I am ready to go back to Japan! I am kidding! Anyways, thank you very much for driving, Bryan.