My friends, this is a subject dear to my heart. This is probably one of the best things – besides watching your team win- to take part in at a sporting event. The idea of getting together with friends, family and even strangers who are supporting the same club you do, hours before a match and sharing food, drinks, stories and games is awesome.

So what is tailgating? It is defined as; “host or attend a social gathering at which an informal meal is served the back of a parked vehicle, typically the car park of the local stadium.”

Most Americans understand what this is and is something I sorely miss living overseas as it just doesn’t happen on the large scale compared to America. I am not sure of Europe or other places so please let me know what goes on there.

Here we tried a few times the past couple of seasons in the lot just outside the Comprehensive Park Pool parking lot (labeled as an empty lot w/ number 23 on google maps). You cannot brings grills into the park and cook food outside of the designated areas so this are is sorta like the wild west of the U.S. back in the day as it seems little rules apply out here. However, it never took hold and this was a time when FCR averaged under 1,000 fans per home game so not many people were exposed to what we were trying to accomplish.

I’d love to try and get this going at some point and hope that if any people from Okinawa or mainland Japan are in the area and want to get it going please let me know.

All we need is a: Grill, meat/chicken/fish, beverages and the desire for a good time starting at 3 to 4 hours prior to kickoff.