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2025 NPB Tour: Segment 3

Kingdom of the North

April/May 2025: Dates TBA

This year’s NPB tour has been split into two segments. Learn more here

Catch home games of the three NPB teams north of Tokyo – the Saitama Seibu Lions, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, and Hokkaido NipponHam Fighters – as well as the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.

We start off in Sapporo to enjoy the city and attend a game at NPB’s sleekest new ballpark, ES CON Field Hokkaido. And yes, you can visit the Sapporo brewery, which is beautiful and has a beer museum! We’ll then fly south to Sendai to see the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles before returning to Tokyo for the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, a game at the Belluna Dome (home of the Saitama Seibu Lions), a professional sumo wrestling match, and a Yakult Swallows game at historic Meiji Jingu Stadium.

This tour can be paired with NPB Tour Segment 2 or the Tokyo NPB Tour.

*Sample Itinerary

    • Monday, September 9: Arrival to Sapporo. You can book your flight, as well as a Tokyo hotel on 9/8, if you’d like to travel with JapanBall guides and guests to Sapporo.
    • Sep 10: Seibu Lions vs Nippon-Ham Fighters @ ES CON Field Hokkaido (6:00 PM)
    • Sep 11: Fly to Sendai (flight included in tour package); SoftBank Hawks vs Rakuten Eagles @ Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi (6:00 PM)
    • Sep 12: Rakuten Eagles vs Seibu Lions @ Belluna Dome (6:00 PM)
    • Sep 13: Sumo tournament (optional); Yomiuri Giants vs Yakult Swallows @ Meiji Jingu Stadium (6:00 PM)
    • Saturday, Sep 14: Depart Tokyo
*This is a sample itinerary based on the 2024 tour. The 2025 tour will be in April/May, and this itinerary will be updated as dates become finalized.