2025 Japan Full NPB Tour

Become an NPB Expert and a JapanBall HOFer

May 8 - May 24, 2025

Get all 12 NPB notches on your belt in one fell swoop! This tour combines NPB Tour Segments 1 and 2 for one epic Japanese baseball journey. Attend games in 12 stadiums in 16 days along with fellow adventurous baseball fans. Enjoy baseball off-days for sightseeing in Sapporo, Fukuokoa, and Hiroshima (home of the Peace Park and Museum and Atomic Bomb Dome). You’ll get to see NPB’s sleekest new ballpark, ES CON Field Hokkaido, Japan’s oldest ballpark, 100-year-old Koshien Stadium, and everything in between!

You will also have the opportunity to see sumo and four essential Japanese baseball museums: the Koshien Stadium Museum, Sadaharu Oh Museum, Ichiro Suzuki Exhibition Room (as part of the “Ichiro Suzuki Pilgrimage”), and the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.

Finally, to ensure JapanBall immortality, completing the full NPB tour earns you induction into the JapanBall Hall of Fame!

For an idea on what to expect, check out our 2023 Tour Recap.

For an even more epic Asian baseball adventure, combine this tour with our South Korea Baseball Tour!

We recommend arriving to Tokyo one day early to give your body time to rest, adjust to the time change, and ensure you arrive on time for the welcome dinner. We would be happy to reserve your hotel for an additional night.

This tour may be very physically demanding for some guests due to our frequent travel. We will change hotels several times via airplane and sometimes long train rides. It is required that all guests must be able to carry/roll their own luggage during train transfers for about 1/3 mile (including up and down flights of stairs), and also lift their bags to the overhead space on trains. If you expect to have any difficulties with these requirements, then we recommend that you consider the Tokyo NPB Tour.

*Itinerary

Note: If departing from the USA, you will leave the day before your arrival and cross the international date line in the air.

- Wednesday, May 7: Recommended early arrival
- May 8: Arrival to Tokyo and welcome dinner
- May 9: Tokyo day tour; Yomiuri Giants vs Yakult Swallows @ Meiji Jingu Stadium
- May 10: Hiroshima Carp vs Yokohama BayStars @ Yokohama Stadium
- May 11: Lotte Marines vs Seibu Lions @ Belluna Dome
- May 12: Fly to Sapporo (flight included in tour package)
- May 13: Orix Buffaloes vs Nippon-Ham Fighters @ ES CON Field Hokkaido
- May 14: Fly to Sendai (flight included in tour package); Lotte Marines vs Rakuten Eagles @ Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi
- May 15: Baseball HOF & Museum; Lotte Marines vs Rakuten Eagles @ Tokyo Dome
- May 16: Nippon-Ham Fighters vs Lotte Marines @ ZOZO Marine Stadium
- May 17: Fukuoka free day
- May 18: Sadaharu Oh Museum; Rakuten Eagles vs SoftBank Hawks @ Fukuoka PayPay Dome
- May 19: Fukuoka/Hiroshima free day; Okonomiyaki Experience
- May 20: Hiroshima Peace Park and Museum; Yakult Swallows vs Hiroshima Carp @ Mazda Zoom-Zoom Stadium
- May 21: Koshien Stadium tour and museum; Yomiuri Giants vs Hanshin Tigers @ Hanshin Koshien Stadium
- May 22: Sumo show; Lotte Marines vs Orix Buffaloes @ Kyocera Dome
- May 23: Farewell lunch; Hanshin Tigers vs Chunichi Dragons @ Vantelin Dome Nagoya
- May 24: Tour ends if add-on not purchased – depart from Nagoya or Tokyo; optional “Ichiro Suzuki Pilgrimage” extension for additional cost
- May 25: Depart from Nagoya or Tokyo if did Ichiro extension.

*This itinerary is subject to change.

What's Included

Price

$TBD double occupancy

$TBD single occupancy

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The baseball…the unique culture…Hiroshima…the good group of fellow travelers. You were right, your tour attracts nice people. Great trip! I really enjoyed it.

Vinny

Boston, MA

My visit to Japan was incredible! I had long been aware of baseball in Japan, and thought that seeing a game in Japan would be a “bucket list”-type trip, but I never seriously considered it as it seemed out of reach. The services provided by JapanBall made this trip possible for me, and I had a fantastic time! I would definitely consider a future visit to Japan on a JapanBall tour, and I’m also interested in other destinations to which they travel (e.g., Netherlands, Dominican Republic, South Korea)

Philip H.

Tampa, FL

This trip exceeded our expectations. If you’re a baseball fan and want to broaden your experience overseas to Japan, Korea, Europe and the DR, check out JapanBall. ⚾️⚾️⚾️

Steve

Whittier, CA

An amazing trip. Very well organized, but flexible enough to do a lot of exploring on our own. 10/10 would recommend.

Jeremy P.

Marietta, GA

Can’t thank you enough for a great trip. What you do is truly remarkable. I had a blast. Spent my extra days after the trip walking about Tokyo and really seeing a lot since by doing the tour with you first I learned how to get around. It’s a trip I’ll never forget.

Dennis

Lexington, VA

This was my 5th trip with JapanBall, 4 to Japan and 1 to the Dominican Republic. As always, I've had a great time. The trip is well structured and organized, with the flexibility to do different things from the group or to stick with the tour closely. I would travel with them again.

Tom R.

Sylvania, OH

I have worked and attended thousands of sporting events over the past four decades in the United States, England, and Ireland, but none of that compared to my first professional baseball game in Japan. It was an incredible and unique experience. The players were just as talented as their counterparts in the USA and the fans just as passionate. I felt it an honor to be at the game. The service from JapanBall was impeccable. I hope to return again in the future.

Scott

Glendale, CA

The trip to Japan far exceeded my expectations. Your efforts to plan and execute the logistics of everything we did was flawless. Where do I begin to thank you? I feel as though you gave me a gift. You opened a door and helped me experience a place and people in a way that I might not otherwise had the opportunity to do without you.

Nancy

Southampton, MA

We had thought of it as a once-in-a-lifetime trip, but now we want to go back and do it again. Maybe one of these years. Thanks for a fabulous tour!

Loreen and Bryan

Hayward, CA

Your idea to combine baseball and travel in Japan is more than just a tourist adventure. You provide travelers an insight that they simply couldn’t otherwise get without your expertise and enthusiasm.

Michelle

Chicago, IL

Great time. I met terrific people as both tour guests and the Japanese we met along the way. And the baseball was a hoot.

Paul

Toronto, ON

I live in Japan. I loved the trip. It was fabulous. You took all the hassle and stress out of doing such a thing. Even after living here for a number of years, this sort of tour is not something I’d do on my own. Many thanks.

Ken

Fussa City, West Tokyo

It is already a month since the trip and am still sky high. Thanks for the great trip!

Chris

Pleasanton, CA

Just a note to let you know that we made it home in one piece. Well, actually, more than one piece since we both took a large bit of Japan home with us in our hearts.

Tom and Maria

Ossining, NYg, NY

We knew the trip would be interesting, but we NEVER expected to meet such a terrific group of people from all parts of the country. Yes, it was a tour group. However, your low-key and relaxed approach to travel and accommodations made the experience so much more personal to each one of us.

Molly and Patty

Nashville, TN

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