Hanshin Tigers vs. Yomiuri Giants @ Koshien Stadium 8/28/26 ・ 阪神タイガース対読売ジャイアンツ @ 甲子園球場 2026年8月8日

There were thunderstorms threatening to cancel the classic contest between the beloved Tigers and the dreaded Giants. But the rain stopped right before the ball game started and it remained cloudy. It was also very hot and humid. Baseball is a dangerous game. I am not so much talking about the players getting injured (but injuries seem to be increasing in number and severity) but the hot and humid conditions in a cramped stadium (42,644 people attended that eveving; maximum seating capacity is 47,803) during the games. A beer girl passed out due to heat exhaustion (the beer dispensers they carry up and down those horrible stairs are typically 10-18 kilograms, or 22-40 pounds) direclty behind me. Later in the game an older man had to be taken out of the bleachers on a stretcher, again due to the heat. I hard two Giants fans joking about how weak Hanshin fans are. This was hardly funny. And, sorry to spoil the game results so early in this post, it was the Giants who were weak, losing 4-1.

https://shop.hanshintigers.jp/goods/?ggcd=37718

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NPB game stats: https://npb.jp/bis/eng/2026/games/s2026082801397.html

Sportsnavi game stats: https://baseball.yahoo.co.jp/npb/game/2021039343/top

YouTube game highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSkmz5jha1s

Hanshin Tigers Official Website: https://hanshintigers.jp/

(Related) Recent Farm Team Game: http://visualanthropologyofjapan.blogspot.com/2026/08/hanshin-tigers-farm-team-game-against.html

Osaka Day Trip pt.3 (25 August 2026, early afternoon) @ Umeda Hanshin Department Store Tigers Shop ・ 大阪日帰り旅行 パート3（2026年8月25日、午後早い時間帯 @ 梅田 阪神百貨店 タイガースショップ

Please note that the Tigers Shop has moved from the 8th floor to the 1st floor just outside the main building. Apparently they made the move two years ago; I didn't know.

Osaka Day Trip pt.2 (25 August 2026, early afternoon) @ Umeda Hanshin Department Store 8th Floor Exhibition Area ・ 大阪日帰り旅行 パート2（2026年8月25日、午後早い時間帯）＠梅田・阪神百貨店 8階催事場

Disney Twisted Wonderland Exhibition │ Seasonal Memories information:

https://dcc.disney.co.jp/tokuten/bf-event-twistedwonderland.html 

More information:

https://matsuya-exhibition.com/twst-exhibition/outline/

When I reached the 8th floor of the Hanshin Department Store, something looked very different. I inquired about the whereabouts of the Tigers Shop and was told it was moved the the first floor "a long time ago." But in its place, more or less, was a temporary exhibiton for a Disney video game (!?!) I had never heard about before... with a long line of (mostly) young women waiting to get inside...

Osaka Day Trip pt.1 (25 August 2026, late morning) @ Umeda Hanshin Department Store Pop-up Tigers Shop ・ 大阪日帰り旅行 パート3（2026年8月25日、午後早い時間帯 @ 梅田 阪神百貨店 タイガースショップ

Pop-up Shop Information: https://hanshintigers.jp/news/topics/info_11107.html