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Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome

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This is the first stadium in Japan that has a retractable roof to accommodate all weather conditions. It is a home stadium of well-known Fukuoka Softbank Hawks. In the season 2001, for the first time in the history of the Pacific League, the annual attendance here went over 3 million people. A grand resort hotel and a shopping mall adjoin the dome and they together make a big entertainment area called Hawks Town.

<Fukuoka Softbank Hawks>
They won the championship for two consecutive years in 1999-2000 and enjoyed the number of attendance of over 3 million spectators in 2001, which was the second highest number in the season among those of all the other baseball stadiums. They are one of the most popular baseball teams in Japan.

<Dugout: the shop>
There is a shop in the dome dealing with goods related to Hawks and other professional baseball teams of Japan, and also rare goods of MLB coveted by baseball enthusiasts, which you cannot get elsewhere.

<The Dome Tour>
This is a very popular guide tour that explores the back stage of Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome. The tour goes through the large field, the backup rooms, player’s locker rooms and dugouts. You can touch with your hand the tallest outfield fence in Japan. This tour lets you visit and look at the areas that are usually off limit, with a guide of a Dome Queen.