A major Japanese travel company shared with CNN that they are currently receiving booking requests for 200 customers from Japan at every Dodgers home game. The Dodgers are the team that recruited Shohei Ohtani with a historic contract. Since then, a “massive” flow of Japanese tourists came to Los Angeles with the desire to watch Ohtani’s first season with the team. However, Ohtani is recovering from elbow surgery, so he is not expected to pitch with the Dodgers until 2025. But this does not stop the flow of people coming to LA. With 12 new Japanese sponsors, stadium tours in Japanese and new Japanese dishes on the menu, the Dodgers are taking full advantage of the Ohtani effect.

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Christine Gerriets – executive chef at Dodger Stadium, said the stadium offers all the traditional stadium dishes such as Dodger hot dogs, as well as some new dishes such as: chicken katsu sandwiches, sushi, kurobuta pork sausage and takoyaki. “We had to add a little LA flavor to the takoyaki,” Gerriets revealed, pointing to the takoyaki, along with one with salsa and cheese, or another topped with guacamole. Mihana Hayashi – an Ohtani fan from Nagoya, Japan, said the takoyaki with guacamole and cheese tasted great. Hayashi and her sister had gone to see Ohtani before. When asked why they admire Ohtani so much, her sister Nanoha replied, “He’s a good baseball player and very cute!”