The Yomiuri ShimbunA woman takes a picture of a mural featuring Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani in Oshu, Iwate Prefecture. A mural featuring Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani has been unveiled in his hometown of Oshu, Iwate Prefecture. The mural, found on a wall at the front entrance of Machinaka Koryukan hall in the city center, is three meters high and 4.8 meters long. The mural was painted by LA-based artist Robert Vargas, who created a mural featuring Ohtani on the wall of a hotel in the Little Tokyo district in central Los Angeles. Vargas completed the work in Oshu in two days during a visit to Japan in March.