Oct. 10-11, 2009 was a great weekend for the Shiga Lakestars who played their first home games for the 2009-2010 season in Yasu, Shiga Prefecture. Playing against the Takamatsu Five Arrows, they not only achieved back-to-back consecutive wins, but won by a wide margin. For the first home game, they won by a whopping 48 points, 120-72. And the next day, it was a 30-point lead at 92-62.

I saw the first game on Oct. 10, and the photos are here.

I also pretty much completed my Shiga Lakestars page here, with game schedule, directions to home game venues, and team roster.

Note that they no longer allow outside food and drinks to be brought into home game venues in Shiga. At the gymnasium entrance in Yasu, they even searched people’s rucksacks for any food or drink and required us to discard them. So I drank my drink and ate my rice ball on the spot before going in.

No, it’s not an anti-terrorism countermeasure. They want you to buy food and drink from the vendors inside the venue. In Kyoto, there was no such restriction so apparently it is not a uniform rule for all bj-league games. Well, I already spend enough money on round-trip train fares, game tickets, guide books, and Lakestar souvenirs, so I’m not inclined to spend any more money unnecessarily.