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National High School Baseball Championship-Japan
Published or Updated July 30, 2018
Location: Japan
Sport: Baseball
Level: High School
Also Known As: Summer Kōshien
Sport: Baseball
Level: High School
Also Known As: Summer Kōshien
Event Type: Team Championship
First Held: 1915
Next Up: 8/5/2018-8/21/2018
First Held: 1915
Next Up: 8/5/2018-8/21/2018
When and Where: every August in Nishinomiya City, Japan
Summer Koshien – as the National High School Baseball Championship of Japan is known – is organized by the Japanese High School Baseball Federation and the beer company Asahi Shimbun.
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Babe Ruth led an American All Star team that played in Koshien Stadium in 1934.
It is traditional for players to collect soil from the stadium's infield as a souvenir after their team has played their final game in the tourney. Third year students keep the dirt as a souvenir, where the underclassmen use it as motivation to return to the tournament.