Japanese Baseball Player Daisuke Hayakawa Throws Bats at Catchers

This is a good example of bad sportsmanship… Yet again Daisuke Hayakawa who plays for the Chiba Lotte Marines threw a bat at a catcher. The latest victim is Hosokawa who plays for Seibu. Here are three videos of the Hayakawa throwing a bat! The second video above is the worse and most blatant… it…

Pika Pika The Movie

Pika Pika in Japanese describes illumination or something bright. It can also describe a flashing light. It’s another one of the ubiquitous Japanese onomatopoeias (which I happen to love). This is a pretty cool video that was on tv last night. I’m sure a lot of people saw it already, but it’s definitely worth putting…

Japanese Baseball: Kiyohara Gets Mad About A Change Up

Japanese Professional Baseball star Kiyohara of the Orix complained about being thrown a change-up by closer Micheal Nakamura of Nippon Ham.Kiyohara argued that Micheal, as the Japanese-Australian player is generally referred to in Japan, should have thrown a fastball instead of striking him out with a low-outside change-up. WITH VIDEO.

Just for Fun – Japanese Comedy YouTube Video about How to Use Chopsticks

I came across this video while looking for some historical Japanese news footage for personal study. This is apparently a series. I’d be happy to embed some more of them if people are interested in seeing them. This video starts out with very subtle comedy. It’s a lot of fun, but I don’t know if…