I want to watch some J games in the US, but I can't find them ANYWHERE. Is there any package I can get?
i'm also looking for one before going back to japan. nice to see someone from elmwood park. i'm not far from your place. possibly in 2 or 3 miles. someone on this board called Elmwood Park is a evil place, what do you think? i thought it's better than Maywood park or melrose park
EP is nice. Maywood is a shithole. Plus we have the Maroons. Where are you at? I'm on the South Side of Grand, close to 80th and Cumberland.
in river forest btwn north ave and division street. man, this is cool!! if you see an asian jogging btwn 11:30 PM to 1:30 AM, it may be me
River Forest is pretty nice. Elmwood Park is like that, too. The biggest crime here is speeding tickets. That's because some of the Mafia bosses (no joke) and their families live in EP. Nobody wants trouble in their back yards do they?
I spent 3 months in Chicago. I lived near the intersection of Division, Milwaukee and Ashland. Lot of Mexican places, though they all tasted like crap. I liked the city but I was there during the worst of the winter so I was absolutely miserable. ---------- I'd like to know if/how you can get the J League in the US too. J-Ole's nice but I'd like to watch whole matches.
Umm, I know one guy was getting all the Korean television channels from satellite dish. As long as you are ready to spend some big money, I don't think there's any problem with getting Japanese tv channels.
I was at a Co-worker's yesterday and they had an NHK channel via their satellite. as far as TBS and other Japanese channels, I'm not sure about the deals, but I'm sure one can get some more channels.
Right now, the best I can do is wait for the Japanese programming to come on the foreign language cable channel and hope there's J-League highlights....
I was thinking of writing some letters to the J-League officials about interest in the US and a market they could tap into.
You can write in English. The League has quite a few people on staff who are fluent in English. The problem as far as I can tell is that the interest on the US side isnt there (and Im not talking about fans, Im talking about broadcasters. After all you guys cant even get them to broadcast MLS matches on a regular basis, can you?) I think the J.League *IS* interested in overseas marketing, but they havent really pusued it with much energy yet. I keep trying to convince them just to put up an English language page for the on-line shopping so that people can buy a team uniform without having to read Japanese. So far nothing has happened. About your original question, though, if you buy a satellite package that includes NHK satellite service, you can see at least 2 or 3 J.League matches a week. I have heard that NHK BS is even available on some cable systems, especially in New York and Los Angeles. I dont know about Chicago, though.
FSW, man. I think more people in the US care about the J-League than the South African AIDS...I mean rape...I mean murder...I mean Cricket team. I for one would prefer watching the J-League.
TV Japan You can watch J League action provided by TV Japan. It's on DISH Network or some cable systems. "TV Japan provides Japanese Americans with premium Japanese television including top- quality broadcasts from NHK. Enjoy live news, documentaries, dramas, sports, variety shows, children's programming and other popular NHK programs. Don't miss exclusive coverage of Sumo Wrestling tournaments and the latest NHK News at 7 and 10." --- cited from DISH website Check this out! http://www.tvjapan.net/eng/index_e.html http://www.tvjapan.net/subscribe/index.html It's available through AT&T Broadband in Seattle but not in Oregon??!
chicago doesn't have many japanese. we only have small community near arlington heights, but not big enough to call it a town like chinese, korean, indian, italian, greece, and polish which we have here. we, however, still do have satellite tv (NHK i believe) available for japanese people. they'll show the national team game but won't show j-league games. if only we had more population in chicago, we could've watched j-league games here though. thanks for the tv japan link, but they don't do business in illinois.
Same thing in Oregon. There aren't as many Japanese here as in Washington and California. There's no direct flight from Portland to Japan anymore. Delta has removed it. That sucks. It seems that TV Japan is available via AT&T Broadband in Seattle and San Francisco, but not in Oregon in between... I feel isolated. Getting DISH Network is expensive, oh well, watching soccer in the US costs a lot. Right now I have to be satisfied with taped matches on FOX Sports World. sigh. I wonder why there aren't many Japanese in a big, multiethnic city like Chicago. Do they dislike the cold winter or something? Chicago has some nice neighborhoods, doesn't it? I wanna visit the Great Lakes area someday.
I think its more of big Japanese corporation presence, I used to live in San Diego California cause thats where alot Japanese companies came.(to take advantage of the US/Mexico border) I believe in that area Detroit or maybe Ohio has alot of Japanese people cause of the auto industry. However, I think there is a direct flight to Chicago from Japan. I do miss watching J-league matches then again, I don`t remember watching many matches while I was in Tokyo, mainly Verdy games on late rebroadcast, and highlights.
nah, all the American car companies own Detroit and Michigan. You can see especially many American cars in Michigan. Ohio, on the other hand, do seem to be liberal about this issue and you can actually find many Japanese and German cars. But most workers in Toyota factory (or was it Honda?) are Americans.
You can watch Japanese News/Sports on KSCI 18 in San Diego, L.A. and Long Beach area. J-League, K-League and some asian league highlights footage on KSCI every monday morning. Some schedule may subject to change anytime.