Welcome to Persija Jakarta
Hi football fan,
Football is massive in Jakarta, Indonesia’s capital. 433 traveled there to cover the Common Ground project from the Bundesliga. We took a deep dive into football culture in Jakarta and found out why Indonesia never produced a top level football player, even though football is the number 1 sport in this enormous country.
When we had landed in Jakarta, we drove to the training grounds of Persija Jakarta, the city’s biggest football club. You can listen to the episode here on Apple Podcasts, here on Google Podcasts or here on Spotify:
Wrote a fun story on a dominant Japanese team, and how they got there!
Your blog inspired this post so wanted to share.
https://hiddenjapan.substack.com/p/the-kashima-antlers-origin-story