Museum of Dice-K
Daisuke Matsuzaka is a national treasure back home in Japan, and now they’re making it official. On February 23rd, the Daisuke Matsuzaka Museum will open in Wakkanai, Hokkaido (his father’s hometown). The museum will contain over 180 different items of Dice-K’s baseball gear, including uniforms he’s worn and trophies he’s won over his entire career in amateur and professional baseball.
Yasuyuki Ohe, vice president of the city’s athletic association, spearheaded the effort to get approval for the museum — and Dice-K has given it his stamp of approval. The plans are to build the museum at an estimated cost of ¥140 million on a plot measuring 230 to 270 sq. meters. There’s no announced admission fee yet, but the organizers said they want to “keep admission fees as low as possible in accordance with the wishes of people close to Matsuzaka for the sake of children who want to visit the museum”. Japan already has a Matsui Hideki Baseball Museum, in Matsui’s hometown of Nomi, Ishikawa Prefecture, that draws about 250,000 visitors a year.
The project was originally reported by the Japan Times back in October, 2007 (during the planning stages). You can see the latest article announcing the grand opening after the jump — but it’s in Japanese.
Thanks to reader Noriko, for spotting the article and sending it in!
