15 Ways Boston is Warming up to Japanese Because of Dice-K (松坂 大輔)

The Red Sox spent $103 million a 26-year old boy who never threw a pitch in the MLB.

Now the team wants to be sure to get their money's worth….and the city is pitching in to help.

 1. Matsuzaka Jerseys

 2. Red Sox t-shirts with "Red Sox" written in whit Japanese characters.

 3. Japanese interpreters work overtime as Boston tour guides

 4. Japanese language signs in Boston tourist areas. How do you say Tea party in Japanese?

 5. Posters in Japanese hanging around.

 6. 5 Japanese speakers hired  at Fenway Park's Red Sox Team Store

 7. Americans buying Japanese stuff…Japanese buying American

 8. $75 million in windfall for Boston by drawing an estimated 20,000 tourists to the area

 9. Hotels with signs in Japanese.

10. Restaurants add sushi to the menu

11. Bars introducing the Dice-K-tini

12. Fenway Park signs written in Japanese

13. Asian Dumplings offered alongside buffalo wings. Uh…dumplings are Chinese.

14. Matsuzaka with Ortiz and Varitek, in the center of a billboard overlooking Fenway Park saying 'yo koso' – Welcome in Japanese.

15. Dice-K – K'd 10 Royals in seven innings in his major league debut.

Boston loves their new pitcher, Daisuke Matsuzaka. Boston also loves the business that Japanese bring to the city, too.