Ballparks

A good place to start would be the FAQ on getting tickets. In particular, the link to Latham-san's see a game is a great (although aging) article on how to get to the stadiums, ticket prices, and a little on what to expect.

This thread also covers a little of what you're looking for. Please read it, too.

If, after reading these as a primer, you still have questions, feel free to ask.

Last year I had the opportunity to visit 3 parks in Tokyo, the Tokyo Dome, Seibu Dome, and Jingu Stadium. Each have their own unique qualities, but I enjoyed Jingu the best. It's an old park with a design that you hardly see any more and located in an area with numerous restaurants. To get the real flavor of this park, buy some food from the outside vendors and sit in right field with the die hard fans. Also, make sure you buy a little green umbrella, you'll find out what it's used for.

Tokyo Dome is a rather sterile, cookie cutter type stadium that reminds me of the old Kingdome. Nothing really unique about it, but it does offer excellent creature comfort along with numerous concessions, restaurants, and restrooms. The Japanese Baseball HOF is located there, too, and offers an interesting side tour.

The Seibu Dome is a unique work of engineering. It was once an open air stadium that now has an umbrella over it. I had to see it to believe it. Getting there is fun, too, because it's about 40-60 minutes outside of Tokyo.

Ken

Hi. I am student at Harvard University and am currentlly taking a course on Tokyo. I am considering writing a paper about Tokyo baseball stadiums compared to U.S. ones (looking at urban development, etc.) and was wondering if you knew of any books or other good sources of information on Japanese baseball stadiums?