Ning Liu CP#8

I went to Mellow Mushroom with Takuya. Today, the discussion was about sports. Takuya told me that during the past weekend, he went to Atlanta to watch a basketball game. When I asked if this was a popular event in Japan, he stated that it was not. Generally, people in Japan do not attend sports matches. Though the tickets are relatively low cost, the interest is not present. In comparison, in America, tickets can go beyond $200 depending on the game. In Japan, even the most competitive match would not exceed $100. Stadiums would not be completely filled unless the match was between the two best teams. Even then, the possibility of there being even a seat leftover was high. Obviously, in America, seats run out so quickly that people have begun the practice of buying a ticket and then selling it for a marked up price. I told him that in America, recently MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) has become little bit more popular, and asked him if contact sports were having the same effect in Japan. He told me that K1 (a kickboxing tournament) and wrestling has always been there, but the popularity is not at all the same like in America.