Botchan Stadium
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is a multi-purpose stadium
in Matsuyama Central Park, Matsuyama, Japan
. It is currently used mostly for baseball
matches. The stadium holds 30,136 people.
It is named after well-known novel Botchan
written by Natsume Sōseki
who once lived in Matsuyama.
The stadium is the home ground of the Ehime Mandarin Pirates
playing in Shikoku Island League.
Multi-purpose stadium
Multi-purpose stadiums are a type of stadium designed in such a way as to be easily used by multiple sports. While any stadium could potentially host more than one sport, this concept usually refers to a specific design philosophy that stresses multi-functionality over specificity...
in Matsuyama Central Park, Matsuyama, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. It is currently used mostly for baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
matches. The stadium holds 30,136 people.
It is named after well-known novel Botchan
Botchan
Botchan is a novel written by Natsume Sōseki in 1906. It is considered to be one of the most popular novels in Japan, read by most Japanese during their childhood. The central theme of the story is morality.-Narrative:...
written by Natsume Sōseki
Natsume Soseki
, born ', is widely considered to be the foremost Japanese novelist of the Meiji period . He is best known for his novels Kokoro, Botchan, I Am a Cat and his unfinished work Light and Darkness. He was also a scholar of British literature and composer of haiku, Chinese-style poetry, and fairy tales...
who once lived in Matsuyama.
The stadium is the home ground of the Ehime Mandarin Pirates
Ehime Mandarin Pirates
The are a semi-professional baseball team in the Shikoku Island League of Japan. Established in 2005, the Mandarin Pirates mainly play their home games at Botchan Stadium in Matsuyama, the capital city of Ehime Prefecture.-External links:*...
playing in Shikoku Island League.