gabriele – Page 49 – J.League Regista

The J2 Roundtable (Part 1)

It is relatively simple premise – ask supporters what they think about the club they support. In the first of what I hope is many roundtables to come, I asked…

The Rough (football) Guide to Kyoto

By @sushi_football Kyoto, the ancient capital of Japan, is high on the bucket list of many world travelers. And for good reason. It is a city full of cultural treasures,…

J.League Worldwide #4

Love for culture, videogames, and some family ties: that’s how Gabriele followed the J.League from Italy.

Asian Champions League: Business Time

As we move into the final two group games in the Asian Champions League (ACL), the Japanese clubs find themselves in various states of optimism. Here’s what the J.League representatives…

Chasing the J – Mie

@GifuRichy continues on his journey around the prefectures that don’t have J.League clubs…..yet. In this installment he looks at the centrally located Mie-ken, a prefecture that is more famous for…

Talking point: Dewa Soul-Searching

These are not pretty times in the northern prefecture of Yamagata. Relegated from J1 last year, Montedio Yamagata find themselves second bottom of J2 and without a win in their…

Chasing the J – Nara

Nara. Home of numerous UNESCO world heritage sites, beautiful parks and a place where deer roam freely around the copious amounts of tourists. Nara is famous for lots of things,…

Chasing the J – Shiga

Shiga prefecture. Know it? You might know Lake Biwa. You might know the historic castle town of Hikone. You probably won’t know it for it’s footballing prowess. In the second…

Out with the old….JEF United 2016

No-one quite went at the winter transfer market like JEF United. They cleaned out almost an entire squad, and went about replacing them – cosmetic surgery on a stunning level,…

Chasing the J

Richy Palmer (@GifuRichy) is nothing if not an equal opportunist. He is longing for the day when each of Japan’s 47 prefectures are represented in the J.League. The ones which…