Foreigners at a professional Japanese baseball game...what is it like? Giants vs Carp at Tokyo Dome
Dreams Not Things
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0:00 Chants & Cheers...introduction
0:43 Japan Adventure Series--Part Four--Tokyo Baseball Game
1:00 Tokyo Giants vs Hiroshima Carp at the Tokyo Dome
1:39 Play Ball!
2:35 The outcome
2:46 Our thought on the game experience
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If you’re in Tokyo between late March and late October, you should definitely try to catch a baseball game. Even if you’re not a fan of baseball back home, you’ll surely find the experience of a Japanese baseball game to be fascinating. And, it’s surprisingly easy to get tickets.
Two professional baseball teams play in Tokyo: the Yomiuri Giants and the Tokyo Yakult Swallows. The Yomiuri Giants play at the Tokyo Dome in central Tokyo, which is near Suidobashi Station. The Yakult Swallows play at Meiji-jingu Stadium, which is near Harajuku and Shibuya.
The Yomiuri Giants English website allows you to buy tickets online in English (the Yakult Swallows English site also has limited ticket buying options). The Giants’ website is clear and easy to use. It gives you the option of printing your ticket at home or picking up your ticket at a kiosk at Tokyo Dome.
Your ticket will have the gate, aisle and seat number (block) in English on it, making it very easy to find your seat. If you have any trouble, there are lots of ushers around who can help you. Once you find the correct gate and aisle, it will be easy to find your seat. The seats have their numbers printed on the side or bottoms of them.
Once at the stadium, not only can you enjoy some good baseball, you can savor the little differences between Japanese baseball and other versions.
Another thing you might notice is the different snacks for sale at the concessions. Sure, you can find hot dogs just like back home, but you can also find tako-yaki, rice bowls, curry, and (at least when we were there) Thai food.
Tokyo Dome is very close to Suidobashi Station, which is on the JR Chuo Line and the Mita subway line. When you get off the train or subway, simply follow the signs for the Tokyo Dome (East Exit).
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The fact is that on this same planet, there is another baseball that exists in a different spirit than the US style.
Of course, the roots of baseball are USA(or UK), but baseball that was exported to other countries from USA and took root there developed in a different way. This would be a fact.
2023 WBC was the day that ”Japanese YAKYU” defeated the home of ”American-style baseball”.
Another way to describe this is to say that it was a battle between Japanese-style "ZEN-INｰYAKYU” baseball, which emphasizes "Teamwork among all players", and American-style baseball, which emphasizes "Individual power players", and it was a day when ZEN-INｰYAKYU (Teamwork-oriented organizational baseball) won.
Foreigners at a professional Japanese baseball game...what is it like? Giants vs Carp at Tokyo Dome
Dreams Not Things
24,211 views
0:00 Chants & Cheers...introduction
0:43 Japan Adventure Series--Part Four--Tokyo Baseball Game
1:00 Tokyo Giants vs Hiroshima Carp at the Tokyo Dome
1:39 Play Ball!
2:35 The outcome
2:46 Our thought on the game experience
______________________________________________
If you’re in Tokyo between late March and late October, you should definitely try to catch a baseball game. Even if you’re not a fan of baseball back home, you’ll surely find the experience of a Japanese baseball game to be fascinating. And, it’s surprisingly easy to get tickets.
Two professional baseball teams play in Tokyo: the Yomiuri Giants and the Tokyo Yakult Swallows. The Yomiuri Giants play at the Tokyo Dome in central Tokyo, which is near Suidobashi Station. The Yakult Swallows play at Meiji-jingu Stadium, which is near Harajuku and Shibuya.
The Yomiuri Giants English website allows you to buy tickets online in English (the Yakult Swallows English site also has limited ticket buying options). The Giants’ website is clear and easy to use. It gives you the option of printing your ticket at home or picking up your ticket at a kiosk at Tokyo Dome.
Your ticket will have the gate, aisle and seat number (block) in English on it, making it very easy to find your seat. If you have any trouble, there are lots of ushers around who can help you. Once you find the correct gate and aisle, it will be easy to find your seat. The seats have their numbers printed on the side or bottoms of them.
Once at the stadium, not only can you enjoy some good baseball, you can savor the little differences between Japanese baseball and other versions.
Another thing you might notice is the different snacks for sale at the concessions. Sure, you can find hot dogs just like back home, but you can also find tako-yaki, rice bowls, curry, and (at least when we were there) Thai food.
Tokyo Dome is very close to Suidobashi Station, which is on the JR Chuo Line and the Mita subway line. When you get off the train or subway, simply follow the signs for the Tokyo Dome (East Exit).
https://trulytokyo.com/baseball-in-to...