By hirohurl on Skatehive
Yesterday, I found myself just a stone's throw away from an old haunt of mine back in the day - Second House okonomiyaki restaraurant in Furue (古江 - "Old Inlet") on the western outskirts of Hiroshima - and as I was feeling a bit peckish I decided to see if the place was still in business and, if so, if it was open. It was! It was! So in I popped, and there was master, just the same as usual, and the lady wife, her hair whiter than I recall it being last time I was there, about ten years ago I'd guess! Hiroshima Carp Memorabilia ## I got there after one o'clock, so most of the lunchtime customers had gone. There was just a couple sitting at the hot-plate chatting to master about the perennial topic of this particular restaurant - baseball. More specifically, the fortunes past and present of the local baseball team, Hiroshima Carp. Inside the restaurant, there is Hiroshima Carp memorabilia on every wall, even on the ceiling. A glass case of signed baseball balls has pride of place. A sig