Baseball is one of the most popular sports in Japan, and the country has a professional baseball league with 12 teams.
Sapporo is the largest city on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido, and is known for its winter sports and beer.
Shonen Jump, a weekly manga magazine published by Shueisha, has been a major influence on the development of anime and manga culture in Japan, and has produced many popular anime series such as Dragon Ball, One Piece, and Naruto.
