Tag Archives: around the grounds

Return To J1 Football Team’s Forgotten Secondary Stadium

Posted on March 30, 2020 by

On the back of a hugely successful Rugby World Cup 2019, there was a lot of anticipation about this year’s Top League which began in January. Until the Corona Virus hit, I was planning on going to see some games … Continue reading →

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Time To Jump On The Women’s Football Bandwagon For A New Experience!

Posted on August 21, 2019 by

  Like many people in this country, I have only really followed the fortunes of Nadeshiko Japan (the women’s national football team) team since they triumphed over the USA on penalties in the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup Final. Winning … Continue reading →

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Return To Sendai…But This Time To See A Live Match & Not Just The Stadium!

Posted on August 12, 2019 by

On my first trip to Sendai a few years ago I actually went to check out the Yurtec Stadium early morning whilst my wife had a lie-in. I vowed that I’d return one day to actually see a game featuring … Continue reading →

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A Football Stadium Amidst Stunning Surroundings? I Give You FC Gifu!

Posted on May 16, 2019 by

Since 2015 I have always attended at least one football match in the Golden Week holiday in Japan. Previous grounds have included Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Vi$$el Kobe,Shimizu S-Pulse, Fujieda MYFC and Gamba Osaka. Just because of my occasional Twitter interaction with a … Continue reading →

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Day Trip To The Toyota Stadium!

Posted on June 21, 2018 by

Nagoya Grampus Eight (as they were known back then) were the first team I knew of in the J-League back in the early 90’s when Leicester’s favourite son Gary Lineker announced he was moving to Japan. A few years later … Continue reading →

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A Visit To Japan’s Newest Top Flight Stadium

Posted on May 6, 2018 by

   Modern stadia may look impressive but the match day experience can be diluted far too often as the new places fail to recreate the atmosphere that had probably been built up over decades and decades at the old ground. … Continue reading →

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Watching The Worst Team In J2 On A Cold Night In Gunma!

Posted on November 12, 2017 by

The idea of travelling over 100 kilometres north to watch a team rooted to the bottom of J2 play against a team floating in mid-table nothingness is probably not too appealing for many. However, with games running out this season … Continue reading →

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Free All-You-Can-Drink Japanese Sake At A Football Match? Surely Not!

Posted on May 10, 2017 by

As mentioned in my last J-League post, I said that I hoped to go to a couple of Shizuoka-based games whilst in the vicinity during the recent Japanese Golden Week holiday. Having arrived at my parents-in-law’s holiday home in Ito … Continue reading →

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Fourth Tier Football Frolics

Posted on October 4, 2016 by

Football is a game spanning the globe and is played at all levels with the likes of the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A and erm, the J-League taking all the glory! Even though I am a fan of the current English champions I … Continue reading →

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