Japan-based baseball legend Sadaharu Oh said Wednesday in Taipei that the enthusiasm for baseball in southern Taiwan's Kaohsiung City makes it the perfect place for the 2011 World Children's Baseball Fair (WCBF). During a visit to the Cabinet-level Sports Affairs Council, Oh said Kaohsiung's 'passion for baseball, ' its warm climate and stadiums gave it an advantage over Taoyuan City in northern Taiwan, which also bid for the tournament. Oh, a co-founder of the WCBF, announced Monday, along with Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chu, that the next WCBF will take place at two stadiums in Kaohsiung between July 28 and Aug. 5, 2011. The former Tokyo Giants slugger, who holds citizenship in Japan and Taiwan, said that by hosting the non-competitive annual event, Taiwan will become better known to children from other countries. Children from 15 to 20 countries will be invited to take part in the 2011 WCBF, said Oh, who is in Taiwan to thank the government for supporting the event. The WCFB was founded in 1989 by Oh and another home run king Hank Aaron, along with Dr. Akiko Agishi, a Japanese scholar dedicated to boosting cultural exchanges between America and her home country. The mission of the non-profit organization is 'to share the dream of friendship and teamwork with the children of the world and to sow the seeds of that dream through our international baseball fair, ' according to its Website. 