Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan's second-largest industrial output and third-largest population, is also an important part of the Tokyo Metropolitan Area.
As the capital of Kanagawa Prefecture, Yokohama City is located to the east of Tokyo Bay, adjacent to Yokosuka to the south, bordered by Kawasaki City to the north, with Mount Fuji and Hakone to the west, making it one of the most important cities in the Kantou Region.
Departing from Tokyo Station, taking the "JR Tokaido Main Line," it takes only about 28 minutes to reach Yokohama from Tokyo.
Just past November, the air already carried a chill—as all first-team players of the Waseda Jitsugyo Baseball Club, led by Coach Izumi Minoru and Manager Sasaki Shinichi, departed from Tokyo to Yokohama, initiating their Kanagawa training camp activities.
As a traditional baseball powerhouse in the West Tokyo region, Waseda Jitsugyo's opponents in this training camp are also of notable renown, all recognized strong baseball schools in Kanagawa:
