Japan Watching
"Yakyuu shounen"
no jinsei wo kaeta dekigoto [2/6]
Yakyuu wa, Nihon
de mottomo ninki no aru supootsu
de puro-yakyuu no sensyu ni naru
no wo yume miru shounen wa takusan i-masu.
/ Sono yume wo jitsugen suruniwa, maitoshi,
haru to natsu ni Hyougo-ken ni aru koushien-kyuujou
de okonaware, terebi ya rajio de
zenkoku ni housou sareru zenkoku-koukou-yakyuu-sensyuken
ni syutsujou suru noga hayamichi desu. //
Koushien ni syutsujou suruniwa, chihou-yosen-taikai
de yuushou shinakereba nari-masen.
*English text
An Incident that
Changed the Life of "Baseball Boy"
[2/6]
Baseball is the most popular
sport in Japan and many boys dream of becoming
a professional baseball player. / To realize
their dream, a fast track is to appear at
the National High School Baseball Championship
held at Koshien baseball stadium, Hyogo Prefecture
in spring and summer every year and broadcast
on TV and radio nationwide. // To participate
in Koshien, schools have to win their regional
preliminary competition.
