Good news for Celtic fhans in Japan - Paddy's version 2 is nearly ready! Stay tuned for more updates on our new home, which should be ready for the European championships ;-)

After 10 years of having Paddy Foley's Irish pub in Roppongi, Tokyo, as our home base, sadly on March 25, 2012 Paddy's poured its last pint of Guinness and the green doors have now shut closed forever. Tokyo's first Irish pub, Paddy's and its Irish owner Neil Day have been a vital supporter of Tokyo CSC, St Patrick's Day and the Irish community in Tokyo/Japan generally.

Happy hogmanay and best wishes for 2012 from the Tokyo CSC! The past year has been a very tough one for Japan (and elsewhere) and the Tokyo CSC would like to thank everyone in the global Celtic family, particularly Celtic FC, for their assistance to Japan's tsunami victims from the March 11 disaster.

As a public gesture of thanks, Tokyo bhoy Nobutaka Yamanaka displayed a thank you banner from Japan to Celtic at the Old Firm game on December 28, 2011 at Celtic Park. Tokyo CSC would like to thank Celtic FC for making this happen and also for the tannoy announcement at half time! (The result wasn't bad either ;-)

Thanks also to everyone who helped Nobu fly the flag!

For pics from Nobu's tour, including the Dunfermline game on January 2nd, see 2011 Pics - Tokyo CSC On Tour.

Check out our Merchandise page for the latest addition to our collector items - a limited edition, 10th anniversary Tokyo CSC club badge. Get one before they disappear! In the meantime, stay posted to our Events page for details of upcoming matches at Paddy's supported by the club. (The last one, against Motherwell on November 6, had a pleasing result ;-)

Thanks for all the support following Japan's devastating earthquake and resulting tsunami that struck Friday, March 11. Thanks to our bidders from Australia, Holland, Japan, the UK and USA, the Tokyo CSC’s ebay auction of Celtic and Japan-related memorabilia raised around US$500 for the All Hands Volunteers Project Tohoku, which is directly assisting the recovery effort in the Tohoku region. Every bit helps in the recovery effort, and we thank you for again for the fantastic support from Celtic's global family!

Tokyo CSC club secretary Martin Burns earlier broadcast a message of thanks from the club - click here to watch the video.

The Tokyo CSC wrapped up a memorable season (sadly for many wrong reasons) with its end of season party on May 21, 2011, the night of the Scottish Cup final between Celtic and Motherwell. Photos here from another great night for the club, on a night when Neil Lennon secured his first trophy as manager of Celtic FC.

Congratulations to Iain Monk and the Scottish Civil Service CSC in Edinburgh for raising 1,000 pounds for Japan disaster relief on April 11, 2011. Picture here - Iain is bottom left in the Hoops, with Japan Deputy Consul General, Mr Hosoya, centre.

Tokyo CSC video and actor bhoy Martin Burns proudly provided the voiceover for the official Celtic Jock Stein video, launched at the unveiling of the Jock Stein statue at Celtic Park on Saturday, March 5, 2011. Congratulations Martin - click here to see the video.

Martin has also compiled another video podcast, this time featuring the latest Old Firm game, a Neilly Mochan tribute and the Good Child Foundation's "Just can't get enough". See Tokyo CSC Video Podcast V - we just can't enough of it!

Tokyo CSC's prayers were answered on December 27, 2010, when club members Hide & Asuka's baby daughter Tsubasa-chan underwent a successful heart operation. The 4-month-old is now recuperating and we wish her well for a complete recovery! The good news was followed by a good result on the football pitch, with Celtic winning the New Year derby against Rangers. Fingers crossed the rest of the 2011 goes as well!

Championees, championees..Tokyo CSC emerged champions on Saturday, October 10, 2009 in a three-team charity tournament with members of the visiting Tartan Army side and the YCAC Over 35s, held at the Yokohama Country & Athletic Club. The games were held as part of Scotland's friendly with Japan the same evening. Funds raised from the event will be donated to the Tokyo CSC's preferred charity, Carillon Kodomo no Ie (Carillon Children's Home). The Tartan Army Sunshine Appeal has donated 1,000 pounds to Carillon as part of its goodwill policy in countries hosting Scotland games. Congratulations to everyone, and better luck next time Scotland! Pics of the event coming soon..

Skyperfectv have announced they will not be broadcasting the SPL on Japanese TV in 2009/10. The news follows the departure of Japan superstar Shunsuke Nakamura to Spain, although Japanese interest in Celtic FC remains with the presence of Koki Mizuno. Call Skyperfectv to let them know they made the wrong decision - see the TV page for contact details.

The Tokyo CSC end of season party was held on the last game of the season against Hearts - Sunday, May 24, at Paddy Foley's Irish pub in Roppongi. Despite the disappointing final outcome, a great night was had by all. See EOS 2009 for pics from the night (two pages), and click here for the award results.

The Tokyo CSC put in another brave performance in the 2009 Footy Japan/YC&AC Charity 6's on March 20. Looking the part in our new team kit, the bhoys managed to win the race to the bar by making an early exit from the 17-team competition. In the best traditions of Celtic, the team helped the organisers raise over 300,000 yen to help street kids in Cambodia. We'll be back next year, hopefully with some more subs next time! See Charity 6's 2009 for some pics from the day.

St Pat's Day has sadly ended for another year but the Tokyo CSC bhoys and ghirls got into the swing of things by joining the official parade at Omotesando, Harajuku on March 15, 2009. A suprisingly large number of club members managed to find their way to Paddy's for the League Cup final (midnight kickoff) which Celtic managed to win 2-0 over Rangers, both goals scored by Irishmen! You couldn't write a better scipt...see 2009 pics for some shots from the day.

Glasgow Herald senior sports writer Martin Greig has released a brilliant new book on Japanese star Shunsuke Nakamura, titled "The Zen of Naka". The Tokyo CSC also gets a mention for our help with the author's research. Click on the link on the Merchandise page to get your copy!

BBC cameras were at Paddy Foley's on Friday, August 1 for the pre-season friendly against Spurs. The team from the Beeb were filming a documentary on football fans abroad - should make for interesting viewing!

Celtic coaches were in Japan for football camps in August 2008, for players aged 6 to 15 years. See http://www.totalfootball.co.jp/Celtic_FC_Camps.html for more info, or contact Stuart Larman in Tokyo on 03-6440-0533 (email slarman@totalfootball.co.jp). Here's hoping they find another Shunsuke..

Celtic won 3 league tiles in a row on the last day of the 2007/08 season, with a 1-0 win away to Dundee United enough to secure the championship. For the players and club, it was a fitting tribute to Celtic legend Tommy Burns, who tragically died aged 51, after fighting a long battle against cancer. Burns will be remembered for his lifelong commitment to the Hoops and the free-flowing, attacking style of football he brought to the team as manager. 2008 also saw the shock and tragic death of ex-Celtic player Phil O'Donnell. Both Phil and Tommy are sorely missed, and in memory of Phil the club held a tribute match on Sunday, May 25, shown exclusively live at Paddy Foley's as part of the Tokyo CSC's end of season party. Click here for pics of the title decider, and here for the party pics.

Celtic secured a historic league and Cup double in 2006/07 with a 1-0 victory over Dunfermline in the Scottish Cup final on 26th May, also the night of the Tokyo CSC's end of season party! Shunsuke Nakamura was the runaway winner in the Player of the Season Awards (click here for all the details) while pics of the night are available via this link.. Another 31,000 yen was also raised on the night for our supported charity, Carillon Children's House - see our Charity page for more info.

Hit by injury problems and key absentees, the Tokyo CSC put up a brave fight at the 2007 Footy Japan/YC&AC Charity 6s on 21st March but failed to defend the plate title won the previous year. The bhoys put up a brave show though, eventually going out to the Wall Street Clash. The real winner though was UNICEF with another sizeable charity donation. The Tokyo CSC followed up in April 2008, and although the bhoys silky skills were foiled by a poor pitch (?!) the real winner was UNICEF, with a record of over 650,000 yen raised. See here for all the 2008 pics..

Celtic's historic entry to the round of 16 in the European Champions League in season 2006/07 gave the club a mouthwatering tie against Italian giants AC Milan. TV cameras were present for the first leg and it was a huge night for all involved - as you can tell from the pics.. UEFA Champions League TV has now broadcast the show featuring our club - click here to watch it..

Glasgow rockers Mogwai joined the Tokyo CSC at Paddy's for the 12th November game against St. Mirren. A hat trick from Thomas Gravesen got the bhoys a 3-1 win, no thanks to another strong performance from local hero Shunsuke Nakamura. But it was the surprise visit from the celebs that had Paddy's rocking. See Mogwai for pics from the night.

The Tokyo CSC unfurled its new flag at the 23rd September Old Firm game - another enjoyable affair with two goals from Celtic new bhoys Thomas Gravesen and Kenny Miller securing victory in the derby. Pics of the event are available here.

They came, they saw, they got humped. Celtic FC played its first match on Japanese shores on 3rd August in a friendly against Shunsuke Nakamura's former club, Yokohama F Marinos. Losing the match 3-0 was disappointing to the many thousands of bhoys fans at the game in Yokohama, especially with Naka's substitution after 65 minutes. It was particularly galling that the players failed to give their fans, some of whom had travelled from Hong Kong and elsewhere and who were in strong voice, any acknowledgement after the final whistle.

But for the Tokyo CSC, the opportunity to see the bhoys without travelling thousands of miles was a god-send, and manager Gordon Strachan gave the club a great reception during the presentation of the Tokyo CSC's player of the year awards. Our sponsor Paddy Foley's put on a great pre-match party too! The discount on tickets acquired for the Tokyo CSC's 100-odd support will help our charity, Carillon Kodomo no Ie (Carillon Children's Home) in its work to protect abused children. Come back soon bhoys, but don't forget to bow next time - it's Japan! Click here for pics of the event..

The Tokyo CSC and Celtic celebrated winning the 2005/06 SPL championship in style with a 4-1 win over Kilmarnock on 9th April. Thanks to everyone who came out to Paddy's to watch the game, and also those who contributed to our charity raffle - another 10,000 yen was raised for the children's shelter. Around 40 members of the club also went to Saitama Stadium on 13th May for the Japan v Scotland game, which finished 0-0, making the Scots the Kirin Cup champions!

The Tokyo CSC followed the example of the Glasgow bhoys by winning a trophy in the YC&AC Charity Sixes football tournament on 21st March! The bhoys went undefeated, conceding only a single goal in seven games. Hard to believe, but we've got the pictures to prove it - see Charity Sixes.

Japanese fans of the bhoys now have their own website - www.celticfc.jp Check it out for all the latest official information from Celtic Park. Bhoys fans might also want to have a look at a forum, www.celticminded.com. There's a Japanese section and over 100 Japanese fans on it already!

The tremendous news of Japan international Shunsuke Nakamura signing for Celtic generated a huge amount of interest overnight in a club and league previously generally ignored in the Land of the Rising Sun. Both local media (Fuji TV) and Scottish (BBC Scotland, Glasgow Herald, Evening Times, Scottish Sun, Radio Clyde and others) made inquiries to the Tokyo CSC for information about Celtic's new star - hopefully he can handle the pressure. Skyperfectv announced the LIVE screening of all Celtic's Scottish Premier League matches in the 2005/06 season - a first for Japan - with the first game shown Nakamura's sparkling debut against Dundee United. The momentum produced a bumper turnout at the club's first event of the new season - the 20 August Old Firm game. Unfortunately the bhoy from Yokohama was sacrificed in the 54th minute due to Alan Thompson's dismissal, and the result went against the bhoys. Our second game at Paddy's against Hearts on 15 October ended up all square, but the third one against Rangers on 19 November saw the bhoys triumph 3-0, in no small part due to our Japanese bhoy! Thanks to everyone who turned out, and also those who supported the charity raffle.

The long anticipated 2nd Buckfast Invitational golf tournament was held on July 9, 2005, in Kashiwa, organised by golfbhoy Clarkey, and what a great day out it was. Clarkey managed to win the Buckfast trophy for the second straight event, although unfortunately due to a grape shortage the winner indulged in a bottle of 20/20 instead of the monks' tonic. Three picture pages of shame are available (see Buckie Golf).

After the disappointment of the last day of the 2004/05 Scottish Premier League season, the Tokyo CSC celebrated a much better result after the club's end-of-season party on Saturday, 28 May, with victory over Dundee United in the Scottish Cup final. Yet again the bhoys kept us on edge with only a narrow 1-0 lead thanks to an Alan Thompson goal, but it proved to be enough in the end, and Martin O'Neill finished his five-year spell with Celtic on a successful note. Thanks MON for all the memories - the king is dead, long live the king! See Cup Final '05 for pics of the night.

The Tokyo CSC held its official 2003/04 end-of-season party on the night of the Scottish Cup final, held 22 May, 2004. With 2.5 hours of nomihodai and food, the 20-odd bhoys and ghirls who attended were well prepared for the 11 p.m. kickoff. And in sensational Swede Henrik Larsson's last competitive match for the Hoops, the bhoys didn't disappoint, winning 3-1 after going a goal behind thanks to two strikes from the King of Kings and another from Stan Petrov. Thanks to another raffle, for which Paddy's contributed some champagne, the Tokyo CSC raised another 12,000 yen for our sponsored charity (see the Charity page). The Tokyo CSC would like to thank Paddy Foley's for hosting us and everyone who joined the Tokyo Celts in supporting the bhoys during the League and Cup double-winning season of 2003/04. The King is dead - long live the King. Photos of the night are online at 2004 End of Season Party.

The Tokyo CSC flew the flag for Glasgow Celtic FC at the St. Patrick's Day parade in Omotesando, Tokyo, on Sunday 14 March, 2004, a day in which the Hoops were definitely the flavour (see the Photos). Sadly the lack of free Guinness put a dampener on proceedings and we hope this is rectified for next year..

Tokyo Tims Anthony, Andy, Eugene, Paul & Stevie travelled to Seville for the 21 May, 2003, UEFA Cup Final against FC Porto. Read about the preparations in The Scottish Sun article on the lhads (well Andy, anyway!). The bhoys and ghirls left behind had a big night at Paddy's, which you can witness from the Photos, including the surprise appearance of a celebrity Scottish actor!