Mitsutoshi Masunari aka Mitch is a retired businessman. He has a national license as an interpreter and tour guide. He maintains this blogsite to introduce Yokohama where he lives and its surrounding cities such as Kamakura,Yokosuka,Fujisawa, Kawasaki and Tokyo.
Friday, December 28, 2018
Thursday, November 22, 2018
William Willis in Kagoshima
William Willis was a doctor who came from Northern Ireland to Japan in 1862. I have already introduced him in my yahoo blogsite. One of his achievements was Kagoshima University's Medical Department. At the request of Saigo Takamori, Kagoshima's hero at the time of Meiji Restoration, Willis resided in Kagoshima and opened a medical school there in 1870.
This time I had a chance to go to Kagoshima. So, I took some photos which were related to William Willis.
This is a monument which was built at Shiroyama to comemorate his great acievement in 1893 and then moved to a hall in the campus of Kagoshima University's Medical Department.
On a street of Kagoshima city there are statues of Willis and one of his students named Kanehiro Takagi.
Written and posted by Mitsutoshi Masunari.
This time I had a chance to go to Kagoshima. So, I took some photos which were related to William Willis.
This is a monument which was built at Shiroyama to comemorate his great acievement in 1893 and then moved to a hall in the campus of Kagoshima University's Medical Department.
On a street of Kagoshima city there are statues of Willis and one of his students named Kanehiro Takagi.
Written and posted by Mitsutoshi Masunari.
Monday, October 22, 2018
Joe Donald Stanka; Nankai Hawks Fans' Hero
I have been an enthusiastic fan of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks since I was a kid. The team had been franchized in Osaka and owned by a railway company 'Nankai' until they were sold to a big supermarket 'Daiei' and moved to Fukuoka City of Kyushu in 1988. Then Daiei sold the team to the current owner 'SoftBank' in 2004. Whoever owns the team, I love the Hawks. I sometimes bought Baseball Magazine, both weekly and monthly ones, and kept some memorial ones. I chose some gravures from the magazines here.
In 1964 the Hawks won the pennant race of the Pacific League and the ace pitcher Joe Stanka won as many as 26 games aginst 7 losses. The Hawks played with the Hanshin Tigers, the champion of another league-Central League- and won the champion series by 4-3. Stanka pitched four games as a starting pitcher and won three games, 1st,6th and 7th games all by shutouts. The final game was held on October 10, 1964. It was the day when the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics was held.
He was awarded MVP and given an automobile as an additional prize.
His teammate Tadashi Sugiura showered beer over him.
Stanka and his teammates
Sugiura, Nomura, Stanka, Hirose and Koike(From left to right)
I am sorry to hear the news that this great pitcher-Joe Donald Stanka- passed away on October 15, 2018.
RIP.
Additional photos.
Other gravures from Baseball Magazine
In 1964 the Hawks won the pennant race of the Pacific League and the ace pitcher Joe Stanka won as many as 26 games aginst 7 losses. The Hawks played with the Hanshin Tigers, the champion of another league-Central League- and won the champion series by 4-3. Stanka pitched four games as a starting pitcher and won three games, 1st,6th and 7th games all by shutouts. The final game was held on October 10, 1964. It was the day when the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics was held.
He was awarded MVP and given an automobile as an additional prize.
His teammate Tadashi Sugiura showered beer over him.
Stanka and his teammates
Sugiura, Nomura, Stanka, Hirose and Koike(From left to right)
I am sorry to hear the news that this great pitcher-Joe Donald Stanka- passed away on October 15, 2018.
RIP.
The above is an obituary of Joe Stanka.
Additional photos.
Other gravures from Baseball Magazine
After the 6the game Stanka left the stadium with his wife.
Teammates tossed Stanka into the air as a ritual.
Wednesday, March 28, 2018
Sunday, February 25, 2018
Thursday, February 1, 2018
Saturday, January 13, 2018
Thursday, January 4, 2018
Hakone Ekiden
Tokai University's anchor is at the third place but ended at the fifth place.
Toyo University is the runner-up team after Aoyama University.
This is the anchor of Aoyama University which won the race four times consecutively.
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