Ｗｅ paid a courtesy visit on JFA

안녕하세요? This is Ashishi！

"안녕하세요?" means "Hello" in Korean.

Now， I'm staying at my Korean friend's room．

Anyway, visiting football associations without appointment is one of our eye-catchers as you know.

Our first attempt was made on June in Uzbekistan.

We succeeded in getting a special info

at Uzbekistan Football Federation．

Second，we tried South African Football Association but in vain.

But we never give up.

And this time，on our brief return to Japan，

we visited JFA (Japan Football Association)．

But that's not definitely an officialｌy call ．

We met a staff of JFA at Confederations Cup 2009.

Then，we asked him to see each other in Japan．

So，we did it．

But we were not permitted to take photos & videos in JFA building．

They have severer regulations than UFF．

We had a great chat with him.

But most of the topics are confidential.

He gave us a message as in following;

"It's so interesting that you are planning to visit the 32 countries playing in the World Cup．Why don't you give us match reports on each country's domestic leagues via your blog．

I'm interested in the different stadiums designs or the way of supporters' cheer-style across countries.

I hope your traveling attracts the interests of many people in football．I'm counting on you．

By the way，please remember that you should be polite on your visit not to give them any bad impressionson Japan!!!

He strictly made it clear to us that we mustn't do so・・・．

We were talking with him for about one hour．

After that，we went to "Soccer Museum" which is in the same building with JFA．

I have been there once so far．

I recommend all supporters of our national team to visit there！

That's why you can watch edited games of our national team on huge screen and see a lot of displays regarding "2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan".

If you love football，you'll feel like you're dreaming more than a few hours．

There are exhibitions both toll and free．

However， you can only pay JPY 500 for toll exhibitions．

Pls enjoy the influx of pictures below as usual！

The successive uniforms of our national team are displayed．

The members of 2002 are forming a circle．

You can join it and take pictures with them！

This uniform imaged flame makes us feel nostalgic．

Many trophies of Fair Play Award are displayed．

A imitation of World Cup torphy is there．

In the official shop, you can get a T shirt

commemorating our nation's entry in 2010.

We both got it．

This T-shirt is available only at this shop because other shops have no stock now．

So， it's a good idea to come to Ocha-no-mizu only for the sake of this T-shirt，Ｉ guess．

At the end of our visit，we took a picture outside．

While we were traveling in other countries, we handed the following jersey to a person engaged in soccer business and asked him to get an autograph from Mr. Inugai, who is the boss of JFA.