How Was High School Baseball Started In Japan?
Baseball was introduced into Japan in 1868 by an American English teacher, who was a veteran of the civil war working in Japan in foremost school of higher education which later became the prestigious Tokyo University. He started to teach baseball at this school. At that time students were too busy in their studies they never had any time for any exercise or sports. At that time he convinced students that exercise or sports are very necessary for students. So he introduced baseball activities to them as physical education. The students at that time took some interest in baseball. After some years the students of that school had two teams and started to play games regularly. Soon this game spread to other schools. The peoples of Japan also showed some interest in that game. When the two teams of that school played games then people began to take more interest in the game. Baseball developed in Japan as a serious, scholastic martial art, practiced intensely. The dream of that American te
