Yoon S. Byun

Features: Red Sox Nation

Takashi Ishizuka, originally of Kyoto, Japan, but working as a restaurant chef in Boston, waits outside of Fenway Park in Boston before game 1 of the World Series between the Boston Red Sox and Colorado Rockies. With the addition of two Japanese players, Daisuke Matsuzaka and Hideki Okajima, Japanese fans could be seen wearing patriotic colors, as well as some traveling from as far as Japan to see players from their home country. © The Boston Globe
Takashi Ishizuka, originally of Kyoto, Japan, but working as a restaurant chef in Boston, waits outside of Fenway Park in Boston before game 1 of the World Series between the Boston Red Sox and Colorado Rockies. With the addition of two Japanese players, Daisuke Matsuzaka and Hideki Okajima, Japanese fans could be seen wearing patriotic colors, as well as some traveling from as far as Japan to see players from their home country. © The Boston Globe