Can you imagine the annual National High School Baseball Tournament being played somewhere else besides Koshien Stadium? A fan has suggested, because of the intense heat earlier this summer and the likelihood global warming and climate change will make it even hotter in the coming years, the tournament site should be shifted indoors to Kyocera Osaka Dome.
Another idea is to keep the action at Koshien but play the games at night, beginning at 5 or 6 p.m., even if there are four games per day at the beginning and the last game might not end until long after midnight.
High schoolers who play in the national championship need only say the word "Koshien," and it is well understood as to what they are referring. Somehow saying, "I played at Kyocera" would not have the same meaning since the tournament has always been played at Koshien, often referred to as the "shrine of Japanese baseball."
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