A Day at Japanese Baseball — Where the Crowd Is the Show

Our first Japanese pro baseball game — Yokohama DeNA BayStars vs Tokyo Yakult Swallows at Yokohama Stadium. We came for the baseball and discovered the real show is the crowd: perfectly coordinated chants, an army of cheerleaders, the Swallows' umbrella dance, a closing pitcher who arrives in a car, and a whole stand glowing blue. Plus a home run, a chaotic scoring play, and a foul ball that should've been ours. CHAPTERS 0:00 This is magical 0:14 Getting to Yokohama 0:37 A limited-time dessert 1:11 Yokohama Air Cabin 2:41 Japanese fans are so organized 3:25 The home run 4:06 How the game actually works 4:39 An army of cheerleaders 5:07 A wild scoring play 5:52 The umbrella mystery 7:41 The closer's entrance 9:00 Why the losing fans never left FOLLOW Instagram: instagram.com/tanukiabroad