For the past eight years or so, an outfit called variously "Hits", "TIC" or "216 Co., Ltd." has issued sets of "mini colored paper" or "mini shikishi" - basically oversized (5 1/2 inches wide by 4 3/4 inches high). The sets are generally (but not alway) small (20-ish card) team sets with the teams in question usually being the Hawks, Swallows, Carp and Baystars. I kind of pooh-pooh these cards some but Ryanhad sent me some a few years back and I was surprised to discover they were more attractive then I thought. I'll have to keep an eye out for more of them when I'm in Japan next month.
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I thought I'd share this 2019 "mini colored paper" card of a guy who had a very good first month in MLB - Shota Imanaga of the Cubs. He's made five starts and gone 4-0 with 28 strikeouts in 27 2/3 innings. He's only walked three and given up five runs although only three of those were earned. His ERA is a microscopic 0.98. I don't know if he'll be able to continue this success but it's been fun to watch so far.
