The Israel fans took up only a small number of the seats at Tokyo Dome, which holds over 45,000 people, but they still made their presence felt by making a lot of noise and waving the Star of David flag during Sunday's game against Cuba at the World Baseball Classic.
The Israel team, making its debut in the tournament, improved to 4-0 with a 4-1 victory over the Caribbean nation.
Some of Israel's enthusiastic fans — including the Jewish American parents of the team's players, and Israeli embassy employees — said that they thought the squad would play well going into the tournament, but not as well as this.