Kyushu e ikou!

[dr4b]

Came up with a possible baseball itinerary to go to Kyushu and only take off one day of work and still have a worthwhile weekend (with hopefully no rain).

7/27 (Sunday), morning/afternoon: take the 5-hour train ride to Hiroshima
7/27, evening: cheer for the Baystars in Hiroshima
7/27, night: stay over somewhere in Hiroshima
(It'd be nice to see Dragons-Tigers in Osaka instead, but something tells me there's no fucking way I could get a ticket for that game. Plus hey, if I go cheer for the Baystars maybe I will see that crazy dude from Yamaguchi who got me and Anthony seats in the 2nd row last year in Yokohama. And this is the last year for the old Hiroshima stadium, so it'd be nice to see another game there.)

7/28 (Monday), morning: take the 1-hour train ride to Fukuoka
7/28, evening: cheer for the Fighters at Yahoo Dome
7/28, night: stay over somewhere in Fukuoka

7/29 (Tuesday), day: go see Hawks vs. Dragons minor-league at Gannosu Stadium (also near Fukuoka)
7/29, evening/night: take the 6-hour train ride back to Tokyo

No, I'm still not sure when the heck I'll get to Skymark, if ever.
And yeah, this would cost around $400 in train fare alone, but that gives me the freedom to switch things around based on weather. Hell, I could even add a trip to Shikoku in if I wanted :)

Comments

[firearmofmutiny.livejournal.com]

Skymark is a beeyotch to schedule. I just got extremely lucky that they were playing a day game the weekend I was at Kyushu, so I just saw the game there on the way home.

[the2belo.livejournal.com]

Now Shikoku would be worth going to, I think, if you're out for scenery and "ye gods, there's no one around for miles!" refreshment. I've been wanting to drive from one end of that island to the other for years now...

[dr4b]

ROADTRIP!!!!!!!

If only. But I mean, there IS Shikoku baseball, and it would be neat to see it. Looks like that weekend the closest game to the mainland would be Ehime vs. Tokushima at Kuramoto stadium... 5pm both days, wonder if I could get there in time if I went straight from Tokyo. Hmmm.

[the2belo.livejournal.com]

The closest I ever got was driving across the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge from Kobe onto Awaji Island once. Never onto Shikoku itself. Driving down there, even from here, costs an apocalyptic shitload in expressway tolls (the bridge alone costs 2500 yen to cross!)... so it's likely better if I went by train or bus and rented a car. :P

But yeah, Shikoku League! THERE HAS TO BE BASEBALL SOMEWHERE IN THE DEAL DOESN'T THERE