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From Korean samgyeopsal dinners to a friendly match against Asia’s champions: Japan’s pro volleyball winners make a big splash

From Chosun Ilbo · () Korean

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  • Japan’s SV.League women’s champions, SAGA Hisamitsu Springs, held a preseason camp in South Korea ahead of the 2026-27 season and trained with Suwon Hyundai E&C Hillstate.
  • The club also hosted the Thailand women’s national team, which had won the Asian Championship, for a friendly match.

SAGA Hisamitsu Springs, last season’s Japanese women’s volleyball champions, are making an expansive preseason move: a training camp in South Korea, a samgyeopsal team dinner, and a friendly against Thailand’s women’s national team, the Asian champions.

Ahead of the 2026-27 season, SAGA Hisamitsu trained and played practice matches with Suwon Hyundai E&C Hillstate during a joint camp in South Korea. After returning to Japan, the team hosted Thailand in a friendly match. Thailand had won the Asian Championship in late August.

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