There is a Grilled Chicken restaurant called Torihiro in Urasoe, Okinawa, where all kinds of...

There is a Grilled Chicken restaurant called Torihiro in Urasoe, Okinawa, where all kinds of baseball industry people get together. I found Dome's autograph in Japanese characters on the wall (lower left one, click here to enlarge) when I visit there to celebrate my friend won the regional high school baseball tournament for National Tournament in Koshien on last Sunday.

It is written entirely in Japanese vertically, reads "07.2.14, for Torihiro, Chunichi Dragons, Fukudome Kosuke #1", when he visited the restaurant on his off-day in 2007 Dragons spring training in Chatan, Okinawa.

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These are Fantastic

once again, thank you, Dragons, for yet another great post. These autographs look like artwork to this western eye. They should be framed… Then again, I really like the simplicity of display. It adds to their charm.

Congratulations to your friend. What a great day in his life and, I’m sure, well earned.

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by Emelie on Jul 20, 2008 8:52 AM CDT reply actions

Wow

Those really do look like art. Very cool.

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by Brett Taylor on Jul 20, 2008 2:32 PM CDT reply actions

Very, very neat.

Thanks for sharing! And congratulations to your friend, it must be incredibly exciting.

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by jennypage on Jul 20, 2008 8:36 PM CDT reply actions

Nice

Ahh…yakitori! I miss several things from Okinawa and yakitori happens to be one. My sister-in-law lives in Urasoe so maybe I will try to visit Torihiro next time I am visiting. Arigato gozaimasu!

by PaxtonMustang on Jul 23, 2008 4:52 PM CDT reply actions