Osaka
Nishinomiya, Hyōgo · Japan
Koshien is not in Osaka at all — it stands in Nishinomiya, between Osaka and Kobe, and it has done since 1924. In August the high school tournament takes it over, and the whole country watches teenagers play the most important games of their lives.
— Wish you were here, Fernando
Postcards from Osaka
Nishinomiya, in Hyōgo — a ballpark that means a good deal more than baseball.