{"id":332616,"date":"2025-10-25T23:57:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T23:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/332616\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T23:57:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T23:57:10","slug":"shohei-ohtani-superfans-from-japan-are-welcomed-at-la-homestay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/332616\/","title":{"rendered":"Shohei Ohtani superfans from Japan are welcomed at LA homestay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Dodger fans from Japan are traveling thousands of miles to see Shohei Ohtani &#8212; and some are finding a special home away from home in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">After moving from Japan to Los Angeles in 2018, Yuko Hattori fell in love with the city and with her now-husband, Zachery Gaither. Together, they recently renovated part of their Lincoln Heights home into a short-term rental designed specifically for visiting Dodger superfans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Hattori&#8217;s rental has gained attention online, especially through her Instagram account,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/LosAngelesLAguide.trip\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:@LosAngelesLAguide.trip;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> @LosAngelesLAguide.trip<\/a>, where fans can book a stay and explore her recommendations around the city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;For many Japanese, to see Ohtani or to go to Dodger Stadium is a once in a lifetime experience,&#8221; Hattori explained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Inside, the space is decorated wall-to-wall with <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7.com\/tag\/los-angeles-dodgers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Dodgers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Dodgers<\/a> memorabilia: from bobbleheads and jerseys to baseball books and signed balls. Visitors are greeted with thoughtful touches meant to make them feel at home. Hattori provides a Japanese-language guidebook she wrote herself, offering tips on local attractions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">For Hattori and her family, the homestay has become more than a side business.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;We have a Japanese-American child, so we want to show him both cultures as a family,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Her husband Zach says the best part is when guests turn into friends over backyard barbecues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As fans are pumped for the World Series, here are some fun facts about this Dodgers team you may not know.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;We meet amazing people from Japan that come and get to stay and enjoy the vibe of the home,&#8221; Gaither said. &#8220;We&#8217;re happy, we&#8217;re really happy to share it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Proof that sometimes, the real magic of baseball happens beyond the field.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dodger fans from Japan are traveling thousands of miles to see Shohei Ohtani &#8212; and some are finding&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":332617,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,8329,5494,2442,170,2961,164960,224,5337,4712,164958,164959],"class_list":{"0":"post-332616","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-dodger","11":"tag-dodger-stadium","12":"tag-dodgers","13":"tag-japan","14":"tag-la","15":"tag-lincoln-heights","16":"tag-los-angeles","17":"tag-losangeles","18":"tag-shohei-ohtani","19":"tag-yuko-hattori","20":"tag-zachery-gaither"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115437518578497513","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/332617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}