Karuizawa Hanshin Tigers Mercian Fujimoto Limited Edition Team Figure 9 (2003) 36cl

The Hanshin Tigers are one of the oldest professional baseball teams in Japan. They played their first season in 1936 and are based in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture.

In late 2023, the Tigers won the Japan Series. This became their second title and brought an end to a 38 year-long losing streak since their only championship in 1985. The streak became known as The Curse of The Colonel due to a statue of KFC's Colonel Sanders being thrown into the Dōtonbori River during the 1985 celebrations. After the 2023 victory, fans of the team celebrated by cosplaying as Sanders and jumping into the same river.

These bottles were produced by Mercian, the former owners of Japan’s legendary Karuizawa distillery, to celebrate the players from the 2003 season.

This 36cl bottle depicts player number 9, Atsushi Fujimoto.

Highly collectible and rare especially in the west.

36cl

37% ABV

*DUE END JULY 2024*