On the 22nd, the players of Sendai Ikuei High School, who won the national high school baseball championship in the summer for the first time, continued to exchange messages with local people through notebooks at a coin laundry in Osaka city during the tournament.
One night after the first victory, the words of gratitude from the players and the local people were written in the notebook.
(Osaka Broadcasting Station reporter Riko Suzu Yuhei Harano)
A notebook placed in the laundromat
"This is where the real battle begins, so I'd like to work as a team and go full throttle from
the start."
What is written is a notebook placed in a coin laundry in Osaka city.
"Communication Note" is written on the cover.
Akane Nakanishi, the owner of a laundromat, has been putting this in for five years because she wants users to write down their daily requests.
In the summer of this year, through this notebook, warm messages were exchanged between the Sendai Ikuei High School players, who won the championship for the first time as a Tohoku team throughout the spring and summer, and the local people.
Because "I want to refrain from losing the first match"...
According to Nakanishi, players from Sendai Ikuei High School started using laundromats three years ago during the tournament.
It is said that when he visited a laundromat to wash uniforms and other items, he wrote about his enthusiasm for the tournament.
These are the words written by the Sendai Ikuei High School players before this year's tournament began.
"I came back after a long absence. I would like to refrain from losing the first match!! It's only for a short time, but I look forward
to working with you. "
As Sendai Ikuei High School advances, words of encouragement from laundromat users are written one after another in the notebook.
"Don't give up until the very last moment so that you won't have any regrets. Please do
your best to have fun."
“I will definitely win and report the victory.”
Sendai Ikuei High School's rapid progress continued, and the day before the finals finally arrived.
Powerful words were written on the notebook.
Sendai Ikuei High School won the Koshien Championship for the first time as a Tohoku team, just as
I wrote in my notebook.
A day after winning the championship, many messages were written in the notebook of the laundromat.
"They were really strong! I'm happy to have
witnessed their first victory in
Tohoku
. Congratulations!
"
It was a message of congratulations and thanks to the high school players.
"I'll be back next year"
Players who would return to Sendai with the championship flag.
At the end of the note, I wrote:
"I'm really happy to end this summer with the best form of winning. The support messages you wrote in this notebook were a great source of strength for Sendai Ikuei, and we were able to reach this far. Really about 3 Thank you for the week. We will be back next year!”
"I'll be waiting for next year as well."
Exchange between Sendai Ikuei High School players and local people born through notebooks.
The laundromat owner is waiting for their return.
Mr. Nakanishi, the owner, said,
"I'm glad that the players and locals can interact with each other, even though there are many restrictions due to the coronavirus. I was reading the notes with the hope that they would win as many times as possible. The finals are like a prayer. I was so happy to win the championship as if it were my own. I would like to say to the athletes of Sendai Ikuei, 'Congratulations' and 'I'll be waiting for you next year.'"