Marco Reus and Co have been mobbed by fans since arriving in Japan
Marco Reus and Co have been mobbed by fans since arriving in Japan

Dortmund making a splash in Japan

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Tokyo - Borussia Dortmund have arrived in Japan to a rousing reception from their legions of fans in the capital city of Tokyo.

Here's a few social media snippets of the how the players have been getting on in the Land of the Rising Sun...

Tuesday 7 July

Make a note

We’ll be bringing you all the news from before and after their departure, but here’s when BVB will be flying to Singapore:

'Great fans!'

You said it Mats...

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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang thinks he's spotted Shinji Kagawa's body double...

Monday 6 July

Riedle and Ricken laying the preparations

While the players were in the air on their long flight from journey, BVB were already present in Japan in the form of former players and club icons Karl-Heinz Rieldle and Lars Ricken. The pair, who each scored in the final of the 1997 EUEFA Champions League, are acting as club ambassadors on the tour to Asia and wasted no time recruiting some new fans in amongst Tokyo's concrete jungle: