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Sports

Mazda Stadium in Hiroshima on a sunny day
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Hiroshima Carp Baseball Preseason Starts in March

February 23, 2021February 23, 2021 Paul Walsh 366 Views 0 Comment Hiroshima Carp

Tickets for 6 of Hiroshima Carp’s 2021 preseason baseball games to be held at Mazda Stadium go on sale at 10am on February 24.

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Hansa Class World Cup 2018

October 9, 2018November 17, 2018 Leela Watt 2370 Views 0 Comment

Final Preparations are underway for the Hansa Class World Cup 2018, that will be held at Hiroshima Kannon Marina from October 12 to 18.

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FISE Action Sports World Series

April 3, 2018April 9, 2018 Paul Walsh 2794 Views 0 Comment

3 days of action sports in downtown Hiroshima.

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Hiroshima Carp Seat Availability Guide
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How to check Hiroshima Carp seat availability at Mazda Stadium

March 15, 2017March 31, 2017 Paul Walsh 9683 Views 0 Comment Hiroshima Carp

The Carp are sold out for most of the 2017 season, so how do you find out what seats are

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Features Kids Sport & Fitness Sports 

Pro-Basketball in Hiroshima

May 22, 2015May 28, 2015 jjwalsh 5902 Views 0 Comment basketball, classes, kids, professional, sports

2014 was great start for professional Basketball in Hiroshima – fans will be happy to know that there are now

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Arts & Entertainment Features Sports 

Hiroshima Carp News

May 6, 2015January 12, 2016 Paul Walsh 3708 Views 0 Comment Hiroshima Carp

Swallows punish Carp with ninth-inning salvo The Japan Times (May 24, 2015) Masayoshi Miwa made Hiroshima pay for intentionally putting

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Setouchi Island Trail: A newbie perspective

April 13, 2015January 4, 2019 D. Mclaughlin 3285 Views 0 Comment Aki-nada, Kami-kamagari, Running, Trail running

As a newbie to the trail running scene, I purchased my ticket to the Setouchi Island Trail run with a

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Hiroshima Carp 2015 Home Games

February 27, 2015June 12, 2017 Paul Walsh 3426 Views 0 Comment Hiroshima Carp

All games at Mazda “Zoom Zoom” Stadium unless otherwise stated. More posts related to Hiroshima Carp

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The Bad Old Days

January 15, 2015January 12, 2016 Tim Buthod 3246 Views 0 Comment Hiroshima Carp, Tim Buthod

Carp fans sometimes grumble that the team simply can’t keep up financially with the Giants or Tigers. Perhaps they should

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Meet The New Boss

December 15, 2014October 1, 2019 Tim Buthod 3403 Views 0 Comment Hiroshima Carp, Tim Buthod

When the band in the right field stands of the old ballpark played the spaghetti western sound of the opening

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Close but No Cigar

November 23, 2014January 12, 2016 Tim Buthod 2981 Views 0 Comment Hiroshima Carp

The Carp continued to improve in 2014, raising their record to 74-68-2 for a second consecutive third-place finish. There were

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Watching the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Hiroshima

June 4, 2014January 12, 2016 Paul Walsh 2853 Views 0 Comment

The time difference between host nation Brazil and Japan, isn’t particularly conducive to watching the World Cup here, but die

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Hiroshima Carp 2014 Home Games

March 1, 2014January 12, 2016 Paul Walsh 3885 Views 0 Comment Hiroshima Carp

Hopes are high that local heroes, the Hiroshima Toyo Carp, can reach and surpass their 2013 foray into the Climax

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Features Sports 

Sanfrecce still have shot at defending J League title

December 6, 2013January 12, 2016 Paul Walsh 2723 Views 0 Comment

The 2013 J League Championship comes down to the final day of season, and defending champions Sanfrecce Hiroshima are still

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Angeviolet win promotion to all Japan women’s soccer league

November 17, 2013January 12, 2016 Paul Walsh 2818 Views 0 Comment Angeviolet

There was some recent discussion on a friend’s Facebook page as to the advisability of the name of Hiroshima’s women’s

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Arts & Entertainment Features Sports 

Angeviolet vie for national league spot

November 9, 2013January 12, 2016 Paul Walsh 2868 Views 1 Comment Angeviolet

This afternoon, Hiroshima women’s soccer team Angeviolet play to move up into the national “Challenge Division” – one division below

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Free screening of Hiroshima Carp’s Climax Series vs Hanshin at Mazda Stadium

October 8, 2013June 8, 2016 Paul Walsh 3277 Views 0 Comment Hiroshima Carp

The Hiroshima Carp have a tough road ahead of them to make it to the Japan Series of baseball, having

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Features Sports 

Hiroshima Carp Make The Playoffs For The First Time In 16 years: Let’s go shopping!

September 26, 2013June 8, 2016 Paul Walsh 3383 Views 0 Comment Hiroshima Carp

Hiroshima erupted with a mixture of elation and relief last night when its much-loved baseball team, the Hiroshima Carp, secured

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Hiroshima Carp go denim in August

July 28, 2013June 8, 2016 Paul Walsh 3932 Views 0 Comment Hiroshima Carp

The Hiroshima Carp may not be the winningest team in the league, but they do like to shake it up

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Sanfrecce’s 2013 ACL Campaign

February 18, 2013January 12, 2016 Paul Walsh 2731 Views 0 Comment Sanfrecce

For 2012 J League champions, Sanfrecce Hiroshima, the 2013 season kicks off in Tokyo on February 23 with a clash

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team gethiroshima at the world igloo building championships
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The 1st World Igloo Building Championships

February 5, 2013December 8, 2016 Paul Walsh 4941 Views 0 Comment Winter

The inaugural World Igloo Building Championships took place in unseasonably warm and sunny conditions last weekend at the Osorakan ski

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sanfrecce hiroshima nike soccer uniforms
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Sanfrecce 2013 season uniforms

February 1, 2013November 16, 2016 Paul Walsh 3296 Views 0 Comment Sanfrecce

Nike has released details of Sanfrecce Hiroshima’s 2013 home and away kits which feature motifs inspired by the legend of

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Arts & Entertainment Features Photos & Video Sports 

Hiroshima Ekiden Instagramed

January 23, 2013January 12, 2016 Paul Walsh 2776 Views 0 Comment

Some nice shots from the National Ekiden Champs on Instagram by Ubahnhof and Chaka076. Hyogo Prefecture won the title for

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Features News Sports 

Sanfrecce J League Champions

November 26, 2012January 12, 2016 Paul Walsh 4156 Views 0 Comment Sanfrecce

Tickets for Sanfrecce’s final home game of the 2012 season against Cerezo Osaka were sold out well in advance. Some

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Watch Sanfrecce on the Big Screen

June 20, 2012January 12, 2016 Paul Walsh 2606 Views 0 Comment

Yokogawa Cinema is opening up for “public viewing” of 5 Sanfrecce Hiroshima away games on its screen this season. The

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Go woodmen (and women)!

June 17, 2012January 12, 2016 Paul Walsh 2628 Views 0 Comment

The Hatsukaichi Triathlon is well under way now with all the racers out of the water, having swum across from

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Features Photos & Video Sports 

Carp Fans and updates

June 11, 2012January 12, 2016 Paul Walsh 2673 Views 0 Comment

Here’s a nice shot by tomthejet from yesterday’s interleague baseball game at Mazda “Zoom Zoom” Stadium during the Lucky 7

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Dove Pro Wrestling: Struggle For Pride

April 27, 2012January 12, 2016 Paul Walsh 2738 Views 0 Comment

Golden Week means it is time for the homegrown Dove Pro Wrestling crew’s spring show “Struggle For Pride”. The show

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Hiroshima’s Big Wave Ice Rink

February 26, 2012November 13, 2016 jjwalsh 7144 Views 5 Comments Winter

>Every autumn, the Big Wave Olympic-sized pool at Higashi-ku Sports Center in Ushita is emptied, covered and iced over for

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Hiroshima Ekiden 2012 Finish
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Hyogo wins Hiroshima Ekiden, Hiroshima 11th

January 23, 2012January 12, 2016 Paul Walsh 2804 Views 0 Comment Running

The favorites, Hyogo Prefecture, won the 2012 National Interprefectural Men’s Ekiden Championships held in Hiroshima yesterday.

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