SplatoonJP: Chugoku tournament results

From SplatoonJP's twitter

The "Splatoon Koshien: Chugoku district" in Chunichi was held this 3-day weekend.
The winner was the "Re:USe" team, congratulations.
In this tournament, it was hard to determine the winner up to the very end.
All that's left now are the Shikoku and Kanto tournaments.
The Koshien district champions are coming together for the finals!

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3連休の中日に行われた「スプラトゥーン甲子園中国地区大会」。 優勝は「Re:USe」に決定した。超おめでとう。 最後まで勝負がわからない試合ばっかりの大会だった。 残すは四国と関東のみ。甲子園本大会に向け、地区代表も揃ってきたぞ！ pic.twitter.com/N0ZvtyxWnW

— Splatoon（スプラトゥーン） (@SplatoonJP) November 22, 2015

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Note:Nov 23rd is a national holiday in Japan.

Secret of a Happy Marriage: Splatoon?

Screencaps from a recent NTV ZIP segment, reposted from Tomo's twitter

• Nov. 22nd is Good Marriage Day! What's your secret to a happy marriage?
  
  Splatoon
• Splatoon in Marriage
  
  When the husband does the laundry, the wife makes a mess in the streets.
• 
  I paint all over!
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  I wish they'd hurry up and let me play...

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Reference:
Tomo's NTV ZIP tweet w/screenshots

(Meta) A Yobuko Tradition.

Some extra info relating to Sagakeen and the latest Splat Fest in Japan.

The city of Yobuko holds an annual festival called "Yobuko Ouzunabi" in the first weekend of June, where all of the townspeople are divided into two local groups and play tug-of-war, using a large rope (15 cm diameter, 400m long) with a clump of woven straw marking the mid-point. The two groups are referred to as Mountain (岡) and Sea (浜). According to the local legend, if the Mountain team wins, it means there will be a good harvest that year. If the Sea team wins, it means there will be a good catch that year. For the 2015 event, the Mountain team won.

Japan's latest splat fest of "Land Food vs Sea Food" mirrors this tradition.

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Reference:

• Splat Fest (Japan)
• Yobuko Ozunabi 2015
• Yobuko Ozunabi 2015 Photo contest
• Yobuko Ouzunabi @ yobuko.net
• Yobuko Ouzunabi @ asobo-saga.jp

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Edit: adjusted some ambiguous phrasing. added a link to the splat fest page.

Splatoon Koshien 6th Tournament: Chugoku

Here is the schedule for this weekend's Splatoon Koshien, held at Hiroshima, Japan:

JST (Nov.22)	CST (Nov.21-22)	Event
10:00	19:00	Player registration (prior applicants)
10:30	19:30	Match making
11:00	20:00	Live broadcast begins Tournament Rounds 1-4
11:30	20:30
12:00	21:00
12:30	21:30
13:00	22:00
13:30	22:30
14:00	23:00
14:30	23:30
15:00	0:00
15:30	0:30
16:00	1:00	Semi-Finals, Finals, Award ceremony
16:30	1:30
17:00	2:00
17:30	2:30

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Note:

Splatoon Koshien scheduled end time
Depending on the amount of participating teams, the scheduled end time may change on the day of the event. If there are a several teams, the tournament will end at 19:00, when the main Game Party event ends.

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Reference:

• Splatoon Koshien's 6th Tournament, Live stream @ Nico Video
• Game Party Japan: Chugoku event information
• Splatoon Koshien general information

Sagakeen news segment #2

Another short news segment from TV Tokyo, for the Sagakeen event (40 seconds).
Tourism PR from a popular video game

Video Caption:

Yesterday, the Saga prefecture set up a temporary shop at Tokyo Tower, featuring a rotating squid Christmas tree. Known for its squids, Saga prefecture's Yobuko town has created the tree as a PR effort. In addition, they are selling squid buns and various goods featuring characters from Nintendo's popular game, "Splatoon", which has sold at least 2.4 million copies worldwide. Appearing in the game are squid characters, which was the inspiration for this collaboration. Saga prefecture has started promoting the event on the Internet in order to appeal to the fans of the game and boost tourism.

Splatoon Commercial (JP)

Splatoon commercial (30s), featuring scenes from the recent "Splatoon Koshien" tournaments

Sagakeen news segment

TV-Tokyo has a recent video of a news segment:
Sagaken x Nintendo's "Cool" Collaboration (1:07)

Video caption:

In a recent PR event, Saga prefecture (known for its squids) and the town of Yobuko have opened up their event shop today, in collaboration with Nintendo's popular game "Splatoon".
Salted squids, squid buns, and various packages featuring characters from the game are being sold.
Saga prefecture has started promoting the event, via Internet & other means, to appeal to the hardcore fans with the goal of bringing up their decline in tourism.

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Various quotes from the video:

-Today, Tokyo tower has a long line, about 300 people have lined up.
-A revolving Christmas tree, with squids!
-Splatoon has sold about 2.4 million copies worldwide.

Reporter: what game are you a fan of?
Girl: I like splatoon.

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Edit: corrected "2.4 million players" to "2.4 million copies".