Experiences / Performance
A baseball game at the Dome or Jingu
東京ドームか神宮球場で野球 とうきょうどーむかじんぐうきゅうじょうでやきゅう
Local life · With children · Late night · Seasonal
Japanese baseball is the same game with a different crowd: trumpets, coordinated chants for each batter, balloons released in the seventh inning, beer girls with kegs on their backs. The Giants play under the Tokyo Dome roof; the Swallows play at Jingu Stadium in the open air beside the ginkgo avenue, which is the better evening. Tickets are cheap and the season runs April to October.
- How to arrange it
- Buy on the teams' sites or at convenience-store terminals a few days ahead; outfield seats are the loud ones.
- Price band
- ¥¥
- Allow
- 210 min
Where to book it
Aoyama & Omotesando
Tokyo Yakult Swallows - Jingu Stadium
東京ヤクルトスワローズ 明治神宮野球場
¥¥ · 210 min · English: yes
The Swallows are one of Tokyo's two NPB franchises and Jingu Stadium, their home ground near Aoyama, keeps an open-air, old-school ballpark feel rare in Japanese baseball. The team's own English ticketing system is built for overseas visitors, down to accepting foreign mobile payment methods.
Kagurazaka
Yomiuri Giants - Tokyo Dome
読売ジャイアンツ 東京ドーム
¥¥ · 210 min · English: partial
The Yomiuri Giants are Japan's most storied baseball franchise and Tokyo Dome, just across the moat from Kagurazaka/Iidabashi, is the country's original domed stadium. Tokyo Dome's own bilingual ticketing page and English purchasing guide give overseas visitors a direct route to games without going through a reseller.
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