JAWing On – Life on Okinawa

Tuesday April 4, 2006 [S(2/365) W(1/365)]

April 2006 Total:
S-sunny (2/365) C-cloudy (2/365)
D-drizzle(1/365)
W-windy (1/365) LW-light winds (3/365)

This Year�s (June 3, 2005 – June 2, 2006) Total:
S-sunny (51/365) C-cloudy (120/365) PC-partly cloudy (135/365)
D-drizzle (32/365) R-rainy (13/365) SR-scattered rain showers (22/365)
W-windy (101/365) LW-light winds (154/365) VW-very windy (10/365)
H-humid (68/365) SH-slightly humid (82/365)

With the final game of the college basketball season, much of the sports world hangs on for the culmination of March Madness today. However, sports fans in Japan are experiencing a culmination of thier own brand of madness, the final game of the semi-annual Japanese high school baseball season. Given that the sports scene in Japan is not as broad-based as stateside, this is a very big deal locally. Many of the more talented individuals introduced to the nation through these games will eventually become some of the more well-known baseball icons over here. And if the extraordinary player is really lucky, it’s to the “big game” and international popularity.