day 63 saitama!

last week i went to saitama to watch a soccer match between urawa reds and vegalta sendai.
it was a nice trip out of tokyo.
but sadly not that far out.
i didn't even know that i had left tokyo.


first we took train to the middle of nowhere


and then we walk in a general direction from the middle of nowhere to the middle of nowherelse


along the way somebody could not hold his water....certified true singaporean


and also along the way we saw a kindergarten. WITH REAL OWL. SITTING OUTSIDE.


a view of the stadium from a distance...we are reaching...


how to know you are near is you see random uncles dressed in red


FINALLY REACHED.


a cool panorama shot that i took hahaha

 
and inside the stadium it looks like this

and the fans are crazyyyyyyy

but sadly the game was not as good as i had hoped.
i wanted urawa(home team, red) to dominate and destroy vegalta.
but they did not. so i won't buy their jersey. (just kidding, it still looks good and i will likely get it anyway)

after that was a long trip back to dorm. but was a nice experience.
the stadium was used for the 2002 world cup really very impressive place.
i might try to catch an arsenal game where they play urawa while on their asia tour. (if still got tickets)
i will buy the jersey of the winning team. if draw i buy malaysia national jersey.