Office for Sports Promotion

December 11 2025

Overview

Schedule

• June 6 (Sat) to June 8 (Sun)

Message

Women's Baseball Friendly Match
・Softball friendly games and baseball classes (Azuma Baseball Stadium)

Earthquake disaster learning and experience learning
・Visit to the Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster Memorial Museum, experience painting a Futaba Daruma doll, etc.

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Women's Baseball Friendly Match

A friendly women's baseball match was held at Azuma Baseball Stadium. Junior high school girls from Tokyo, Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures participated."Exchange match between four prefectures","Baseball Class by Giants Academy"The we.

Opening ceremony

Group photo

Although there were concerns about the weather due to the typhoon, it didn't rain on the day and the players played a fierce match. In the baseball clinic, the players learned the basics of baseball such as catch ball, batting, and defensive practice, and some said they would like to incorporate these skills into their daily practice.

Exchange match situation

Baseball class

Earthquake disaster learning and experience learning

On the second day, the participants learned about the earthquake disaster and experienced painting a Futaba Daruma doll, and visited the Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster Memorial Museum.

The players looked intently at the exhibits that described the unprecedented complex disaster of the Fukushima earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear accident, as well as the progress toward recovery. They also listened to the first-hand experiences of those who were affected by the disaster, deepening their understanding of the disaster.

Storyteller giving a talk

Visiting the Folklore Museum

The specialty of Futaba Town is the Daruma doll. The Futaba Daruma doll, a lucky charm that symbolizes "getting up after falling down seven times," is a symbol of the town's recovery. After an explanation from the JA Fukushima Sakurafutaba District Women's Division, the creator of the Futaba Daruma doll, the players completed a Daruma doll filled with their own thoughts.

Painting experience

Group photo of the painting experience