Meiji-jingū Yakyūjō
| Meiji-jingū Yakyūjō | |
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| Jingū-kyūjō ("Jingū baseball stadium") | |
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| The Meiji-jingū Yakyūjō in Shinjuku | |
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Stateside Park (during the seizure by the US military 1945–1952) |
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 Shinjuku , Tokyo Prefecture , Japan
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| Coordinates | 35 ° 40 '28.2 " N , 139 ° 43' 1.6" E |
| owner | Meiji shrine |
| opening | October 23, 1926 |
| surface | Artificial turf (12,659 m²) |
| capacity | 35,133 seats |
| playing area | Left and Right Field - 101 m (≈331 ft) Center Field - 120 m (≈394 ft) Outfield fence 3.5 m (≈11 ft) |
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The Meiji-jingū Yakyūjō ( Japanese. 明治 神宮 野 球場 ), the " Meiji Shrine - baseball stadium ", usually as Jingū Kyūjō ( 神宮 球場 , "Jingū- [base] ball stadium") abbreviated, is a ballpark in the Shinjuku district , prefecture Tokyo . It is now the home of the Tōkyō Yakult Swallows from the Central League and the venue for the Six Universities of Tokyo , the Tōto University Baseball League (Tōto is the east of Tokyo Prefecture) and the national university baseball championship. The stadium, which opened in 1926, can seat around 35,000 spectators and is located in the Kasumigaokamachi district of Tokyo between the Olympic Stadium in the northwest and the Prince Chichibu Rugby Stadium in the southeast. After Kōshien , which opened two years earlier, it is the oldest professional baseball city in Japan that is still in use.
The stadium was rebuilt several times, most recently in 2008. Originally the capacity was around 31,000, after a renovation in 1931, during which the grandstands were significantly enlarged, the official number was around 58,000. Initially it was mainly used for the Six Universities of Tokyo, from 1927 the Toshi Taikō baseball tournament (English Intercity Baseball Tournament ) between teams from major cities was held here, but in 1938 it moved to the Kōrakuen Stadium . On May 10, 1931, the day after the completion of the expansion, 70,000 spectators were accommodated in the stadium for a game between the Six Universities. In 1932, the Tōto Baseball Association (then Chūō University , Nihon University , Senshū University , Kokugakuin University , Tokyo Agricultural University ) began operating in the Jingū Stadium. In 1934, the major league all-star team, who were visiting Japan from the United States, played a game with Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in Jingū Stadium against the Japanese baseball club Tokyo, the later Yomiuri Giants , and another mixed game Ruth team versus [Bing] Miller team.
During the Pacific War , the stadium was badly damaged by air raids, during the occupation it was confiscated by the military and was initially reserved for the occupation forces under the name Stateside Park , but was soon made accessible again to the Tokyo people. Individual university games were held again in autumn 1945. In November 1945 there was an all-star game of the professional league, which was still suspended that year, as East (Kyojin, Nagoya , Senators ) against West ( Hanshin , Hankyū , Kinki , Asahi ). In 1946/47 construction work for repair was carried out. The first regular league game in Jingū Stadium took place in 1948. The professional league has been regularly at home in Jingū Stadium since 1962, when the Tōei Flyers moved in for two years , then in 1964 the Kokutetsu Swallows moved here from the Kōrakuen Stadium .
Web links
- Official Website (Japanese, English , Chinese , Korean )