A 53-member youth baseball team from Torrance, California, visited Oshu City and toured a Nanbu ironware factory after a welcoming ceremony. The team will stay through the 9th and is scheduled to play an exchange game against the local Oshu Little Senior team.
Oshu City held a ceremony on the 7th to welcome a youth baseball team visiting from the United States. The group comprised 53 people in total, including 51 players aged 13 to 15, and Japanese fans and local officials watched the event.
The visiting players belong to 310 Baseball in Torrance, California. Exchange activities began after Shohei Ohtani (大谷翔平), a graduate of Hanamaki Higashi High School, moved to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
After the ceremony, the players toured a Nanbu ironware factory and learned about local industry. The team will stay in Oshu City through the 9th and is scheduled to play an exchange game against the local Oshu Little Senior team on the final day.
The players are also scheduled to practice on the grounds of Ohtani’s alma mater, Hanamaki Higashi High School, on the 8th. Comments were introduced indicating that the players are looking forward to the opportunity to learn about Japanese baseball.