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Japanese-style baseball
Japanese-style baseball or rubber-ball baseball (Japanese: 軟式野球, romanized: Nanshiki yakyū, lit. 'soft baseball') is a game that was created in Japan and is derived from baseball. It uses a hard rubber ball instead of a regular baseball made of leather. It has been rendered in English in a variety of ways, including nankyu baseball (nankyu means 'soft ball' in Japanese), nanshiki baseball and rubber baseball.
In a narrow sense, Japanese-style baseball is a game that uses a hollow rubber ball, and in a broad sense, it includes a semi-hard baseball where a hard ball's outer coating is replaced with rubber. In contrast, the ball used in softball is most often leather but is larger than a regular baseball.
Other than the use of a different ball, the rules of Japanese-style baseball and regular baseball are the same. However, the difference in the ball has a distinctive effect on the playing style and equipment, and also changes the way the players use their body.
It is played by both children and adults, men and women.
During the Meiji era (1868–1912), baseball introduced from the United States became established in Japan in national competitions for secondary schools, high schools, and colleges, and children enjoyed playing baseball using hard tennis balls. However, tennis balls had the drawback of being difficult to use due to problems with their durability and speed, and the number of people playing the sport gradually declined.
In 1919, Toshin Rubber, a company based in Kobe, sold the world's first rubber baseball.
In July 1919, at Kyoto Municipal Seitoku Elementary School (currently called Kyoto Culture Association (京都文化協会, Kyōto bunka kyōkai)) in Shimogyo-ku in the city of Kyoto, a Japanese-style baseball tournament was held for the first time in the world. There is a bronze statue in Takaragaike Park Youth Sports Park (宝が池公園 少年スポーツ広場, Takaragaike kōen shōnen supōtsu hiroba) in Kyoto, marking it as the birthplace of nanshiki baseball.
This triggered an increase in the population of young people playing baseball again, and the following year, in 1920, the Japan Association of Youth Baseball (大日本少年野球協会, Dai-nippon shōnen yakyū-kyōkai) was established in Kobe, and a full-fledged national tournament of youth baseball was held.
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Japanese-style baseball
Japanese-style baseball or rubber-ball baseball (Japanese: 軟式野球, romanized: Nanshiki yakyū, lit. 'soft baseball') is a game that was created in Japan and is derived from baseball. It uses a hard rubber ball instead of a regular baseball made of leather. It has been rendered in English in a variety of ways, including nankyu baseball (nankyu means 'soft ball' in Japanese), nanshiki baseball and rubber baseball.
In a narrow sense, Japanese-style baseball is a game that uses a hollow rubber ball, and in a broad sense, it includes a semi-hard baseball where a hard ball's outer coating is replaced with rubber. In contrast, the ball used in softball is most often leather but is larger than a regular baseball.
Other than the use of a different ball, the rules of Japanese-style baseball and regular baseball are the same. However, the difference in the ball has a distinctive effect on the playing style and equipment, and also changes the way the players use their body.
It is played by both children and adults, men and women.
During the Meiji era (1868–1912), baseball introduced from the United States became established in Japan in national competitions for secondary schools, high schools, and colleges, and children enjoyed playing baseball using hard tennis balls. However, tennis balls had the drawback of being difficult to use due to problems with their durability and speed, and the number of people playing the sport gradually declined.
In 1919, Toshin Rubber, a company based in Kobe, sold the world's first rubber baseball.
In July 1919, at Kyoto Municipal Seitoku Elementary School (currently called Kyoto Culture Association (京都文化協会, Kyōto bunka kyōkai)) in Shimogyo-ku in the city of Kyoto, a Japanese-style baseball tournament was held for the first time in the world. There is a bronze statue in Takaragaike Park Youth Sports Park (宝が池公園 少年スポーツ広場, Takaragaike kōen shōnen supōtsu hiroba) in Kyoto, marking it as the birthplace of nanshiki baseball.
This triggered an increase in the population of young people playing baseball again, and the following year, in 1920, the Japan Association of Youth Baseball (大日本少年野球協会, Dai-nippon shōnen yakyū-kyōkai) was established in Kobe, and a full-fledged national tournament of youth baseball was held.
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