MVP Matsui

The Americans love Hideki Matsui!
Much more in Japan.

Japan Baseball Study Tour on August 7 to 14 sponsored by the Tokyo Kichijoji Lions Club

Home of the DCBA officials.

Coach Suzuki bids farewell to DCBA president Joaquin Sarabia.

Gift giving.

Datu Uchida (extreme left, 1st row) with family, friends and the Davao City Baseball Association officials during a farewell dinner he hosted.


Training time for coach Suzuki, assisted by a parent.
Coach Yusuke helps in the training while coach Suzuki watches.


Coach Boy Sarabia helps in the levelling of the ground.

Billboard of world champion coach Hidetoshi Suzuki.










Inside the Jingu Stadium.

The expensive ticket to the Swallows's game.

Maam Ines with Atsuko Uchida, wife of Datu Uchida Development Foundation sports coordinator Yusuke.



Home of the Swallows baseball team in Tokyo.


The pitching center.



At the batting center.

Davao delegates and Tokyo Kichijoji Lions Club officers pose for posterity.

Mr.Sugita receives a plaque of appreciation from the Davao delegates.

Datu Uchida Development Foundation officer-in-charge Ines P. Mallari receives a token of appreciation from Mr.Sugita.

Tokyo Kichijoji Lions Club vice-president Nobumitsu Kobayashi makes the introductions.

The president of the Tokyo Kichijoji Lions Club, Noboru Sugita, welcomes the Davao delegates to the Japan Baseball Study.





Kenji Shimizu, chairman of international activity committee of the Tokyo Kichijoji Lions Club, meets with Davao City Baseball Association officials in Osaka.






Students cheer for their team.
The player picks the ball to be used for the ceremonial pitch.

The chopper drops the ceremonial ball for the 91st National High School Baseball Tournament at the Koshien Stadium.

Doing the final touches before the first game.

Look at the crowd.

Coach Yusuke talks a little about the history of the high school tournament.



Inside the Koshien Stadium in Osaka.

Ines Mallari observes a stadium staff.

Coach Hidetoshi Suzuki talks to coach Yusuke as they wait for the train to Koshien.
Yusuke Uchida, sports coordinator of the Datu Uchida Development Foundation and DCBA president Joaquin Sarabia on board a train.
On board a train.

(Left-right) Datu Uchida Development Foundation officer-in-charge Ines P. Mallari, Davao City Baseball Cup chief umpire Rubin Mendoza, coach Ariel Izabado and Davao City Baseball Association president Joaquin P. Sarabia.

Part of Kansai in Osaka.