PURO YAKYU (Professional Baseball)

Baseball was brought to Japan early in the beginning of
the Meiji period by an American.  In 1936 the Professional
Baseball League was formed, establishing organized
professional baseball.

After the Second World War professional baseball began in
earnest.  In 1950 the two-league system, with
Central and Pacific Leagues, was proclaimed.
(*6-team of each league)

A pennant race is run from April to October,
the winning teams from each league battling to be
Japan's best in the Japan Series.

In the July All-Star Game the most popular players of
each league are matched against each other.

Japanese enthusiasm for pro baseball is not like in America as it's
used to be.  Night games is not popular like before.

In the past, Yomiuri Giants (based in Tokyo) games had been
a boon to the TV station, but because of their poor performance,
people stopped watching games on TV and the station decided
not to continue broadcasting the Yomiuri Giants night games in 2005.

Some popular Japanese players such as
Hideki Matsui (Yankees) and Ichiro Suzuki (Mariners) are
now playing in the U.S. and they are doing very well.

The newspaper sports sections have detailed analysis of
both Japanese and major league games, and the scores are
always reported on the news.

When the local team wins a championship, 
the shopping districts and department sotres
hold bargain sales. 

So how are they doing this year??

Yomiuri Giants is leading as of today!  (Sept. 27, 2007)

If you are interested to see the game 'LIVE', 
Tokyo Dome is the place for the games in Tokyo.









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'Tsukemono' are Japanese-style pickles.
Chinese cabbage, Japanese radish, cucumber
and other vegetables are preserved in salt, salted
rice-bran paste (nuka), fermented soybean paste (miso),
and such.  Fermentation and enzyme action impart a
special aroma and flavor.

Japanese often eat Tsukemono with rice.
They are a must with meals that feature rice.
Good pickled vegetables stimulate your appetite.

But since people eat rice less often than before,
and too much salt is now known to be harmful,
perhaps we eat less Tsukemono than we used to.

Formerly making tasty Tsukemono was a good
house-wife's duty, but lately they are sold ready made,
and it seems many people just buy them.

TYPES OF PICKLES
-by pickling material-
Shiozuke=salt
Nukazuke=salted rice-bran paste
Kasuzuke=sake lees
Misozuke=fermented soybean paste
Karashizuke=mustard

-by pickling time-
Sokusekizuke=2-3 hours
Ichiyazuke=overnight
Touzazuke=2-10 days
Furuzuke=longer periods























"ICHIYAZUKE"
This phrase compares rushing to prepare
somethins in one night to pickles that can eaten
the next day. 

Example:
Q: "Are you ready for the exam tomorrow?"
A: "No.  I'll do Ichiyazuke tonight!"


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TSUKIMI (moon-viewing) usuallly takes place twice,
on the 15th of the eighth month (around September 20th
on the modern calendar), and on the 13th of the ninth month
(Jusanya - around October 15th).
Moon-viewing parties are held at temples and other places
all around the country.

So what is Tsukimi?

Moon View Day, 'Jugoya', the 15th of the eighth month by
the old calendar, the traditional day to admire the full moon
and make offerings to it.

In autumn, the air is clear and the moon looks especially
beautiful, so one point of it is to enjoy gazing at that
bright moon.  It's also a kind of harvest festival.
That's why we offer the fruits of the harvest to the moon.

First of all, we offer Tsukimi-dango
(moon-viewing dumplings).
Then newly harvested fruits and crops from the fields.
Japanese pampas grass is added for decoration.
Coming just before the rice harvest, Tsukimi is also a
prayer for a bountiful crop.  It is all right to steal the
offerings from another house, and people are glad if
theirs are taken by a child.  It's a sign that the gods have
accepted them.










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New page of local loan information is now added to our web-site

The content is recommended for those non-Japanese
local residents considering to apply for a housing or
investment loan to local banks.

The recent precedences showed that many local banks
have become more proactive than ever for attempting
approval process on non-Japanese applicants.

Knowing the outlines of general prerequisites for each loan
application may encourage you to seriously explore an
approval possibility.

Please visit the content and prepare for next steps.

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Finance environment for non-Japanese local residents has
never been such diverse and accepting that seemed very
difficult and more experience-demanding for most
non-Japanese just a few years ago.

Please take this opportunity to learn the basic knowledge
about local loans.







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