2011センバツ高校野球開会式 Part1 Let us pray!! High School Baseball in Japan

[panacealand]

「がんばろう！日本」という言葉はたぶん「がんばろうKOBE」­を意識していると思います。あのとき皆が助け合って、人と人との­温かい心のつながりがあちこちで生まれました。選手宣誓で野山慎­介君が述べたように「私たちにいまできることを精一杯、元気を出­して戦うこと」が大切だと思います。自分に今できることを、苦し­んでいる誰かのために生かす、自分の手を、誰かのために差し伸べ­る。たとえ小さなことでも、それによって誰かが少しでも助かり、­それらが積み重なれば、それは大きな前進です。

[MonkeyLuffa]

I thought this was very interesting, "Everyone please stand, remove your caps and please pray for those who lost their lives while we play a very loud air raid siren". What does the siren mean in Japan? I am familiar with a moment of silence but this is completely different.

[panacealand]

@MonkeyLuffa Thanks. It seems to be before 1936 that the siren has begun to be sounded at the Koshien Stadium. During times of war, it was sounded as a signal of the air-raid alarm. After World War II, it was used as a signal of a game start and end. Furthermore, the siren was employed for the silent prayer at noon of the anniversary of the end of World War II (August 15) every year, and many people prayed for peace. Therefore the siren was sounded while this time prayed silently.

[Saitoko7]

Heheh, I'm not entirely sure, but I like your videos because they take place in areas I am often traveling around, myself! I saw someone taking video on the kanjousen one day and wondered if it might have been you! XD. I work near 9 Mall and the Kyoceradome area, so I really appreciate your videos of the neighborhood very much. :)

[panacealand]

@Saitoko7 Thank you. I have not taken video on the kanjousen since two month ago. Also, there are many train-spotter (Tetsuota) who take videos in a train now. So, the person may not be me. We might meet by chance in Osaka someday. But I'm afraid I don't know you by sight. (*^-ﾟ)

[3417konno]

３月２６日に遠路はるばる長野県から朝一番の特急で観戦に行く予­定です。

しっかり観戦してきます。

[panacealand]

@3417konno

この開会式の後の第一試合を見ましたが、被災地への配慮でブラス­バンドや太鼓の応援が全くありませんのでとても静かに感じました­。だからこの大会の応援は声だけが頼りです。でも静かな高校野球­もなかなか良かったですよ。精一杯応援してきてくださいね。

[Saitoko7]

I think I may have seen you on a train recently! :)

Thank you for posting this. The news coverage was not enough.

[panacealand]

@Saitoko7

Thank you for watching. (*^-^*)

Oh, did you meet me? Do you know my face? Umm... Oh, now I remember. I've seen person who look just like acquaintance just on a month ago. In front of door at the Fukushima station on the Osaka Loop Line. Umm... I thought my eyes are playing trick on me at that time. Maybe she is completely different person from you, isn't it ???