Osaka - Again

Sunday morning I got on the train for Osaka and spent the hour ride deciding what to do when I got there. ETA was around 10, so that gave me 3 hours before game time. Not enough time for something big, so I decided to find something close to the stadium that I could just walk around for a little while. The place I decided on was America-mura, AKA America Town. I was hoping for something crazy, but since it was Sunday morning, all I got was a bunch of clothes shops and most of them were closed. The shops all seemed to specialize is what they though were American style clothes, which means what you might see on MTV but not on any real people.

The one interesting thing I found was a purse made out of a Tim Lally Chevrolet ad. I tried to explain to the salesman that I was born in Bedford, but I couldn't quite get it across.
Post-America town I headed over to the Osaka Dome. This seems like a place I could get to like. They had a nice little beer garden set up outside, sponsored by Budweiser. It was still early in the day and I didn't have enough time to "Let's Enjoy! Let's Drinking!".
Looks like I made a mistake on my scheduling. I probably should've gone to Osaka on Saturday, 6/12 instead of Sunday 6/13.
I picked up my hat and a Tuffy Rhodes jersey and then kept looking around the gift shop. I found a nice T-shirt that shows how to throw "The most popular curve ball in Japan", some spare rocket balloons, and a rocket balloon launcher.

It was the Orix Buffaloes vs. the Seibu Lions. It was close through 4 or so and then the Buffaloes jumped up 4-1, and it stayed that way for the rest of the game.
I couldn't find a mascot or anything to take a picture in front of. Then, after I took off the jersey to get on the subway, I decided to take this one.

I was getting pretty tired, and I had to be at work in the morning, so it was back on the train to Utsunomiya and I finally got back home around 9. These busy weekends are killing me. At least there's only 4 teams left to see.