Popular Sports in Japan
Wednesday November 19, 2008
I went to see an ice hockey game the other day. Although I don't follow hockey, it is nice to watch a sport live. The atmosphere really adds to the fun of the game. Hockey is not big in Japan. The most popular sport is probably baseball or soccer. A baseball or soccer player is usually one of the top three professions that a boy wants to be when growing up. Baseball has always been popular, but soccer became popular after the J. League was established in 1993. Japan co-hosted the 2002 World Cup with Korea, and the entire nation was very excited about it. I was fortunate to watch some games in Kobe. It was such a great and festive atmosphere created by the fans of the many different countries.
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So, did you see hockey in Japan?
I live in Canada, and hockey is very popular here, always sold out. Games are on every night from November to February, and then play-offs until April.
The atmosphere in the stadiums is great, the seats are very steep, people are screaming and whistling, and it’s a lot of fun to watch. Even if you don’t like hockey, you can enjoy watching it live.
This article shows that Japanese people like baseball and soccer as their sports,they competes in some US sports like New york Yankees and the New Jersey Devils.
down here in Australia Ice hockey and baseball are sports that we know of, but its not the most popular thing. Australia’s most popular sports are cricket rugby, and soccer normal hockey is sorta big down here though
japanese people liked bananas on that sunday at 2 o clock