Just when I was thinking soccer was going to be out of the question, I got to see a game afterall! It turns out the the mom in my host family teaches at the school that is the high school national champions, and they had a game the morning that I was leaving Unzen. We went to the game, in the rain, before they had to return me to city hall.
Although it was a high school game, the level of play was impressive--Kunimi High School had some great moves! They have had players go straight from their team to the pros in the past, and I can see why.
It was really interesting to listen to the cheers-they even had their own drum-and also to be the only non-Japanese person there. I got to talk to some of the team members at half-time...unfortunately the only MLS team they could name was the Galaxy. There's no accounting for taste!
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