Become an NPB Expert and a JapanBall HOFer
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 a professional sumo tournament (optional add-on) and four essential Japanese baseball museums: the Koshien Stadium Museum, Sadaharu Oh Museum, Ichiro Suzuki Exhibition Room (as part of the optional “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 2024 Tour Recap.
For an even more epic Asian baseball adventure, combine this tour with our South Korea Baseball Tour!
Please be warned that due to our reliance on public transportation and the inherent “walkability” of Japan’s cities, tour guests do a lot of walking on our Japan tours. Many guests average about 12,000 steps per day on their step trackers.
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.
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 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.
*Sample Itinerary
*This itinerary is based on previous tours and is subject to change.
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Inclusions
What’s included in this tour?
Tour Guide
A guide to lead you through a detailed itinerary with an engaging combination of stadiums, teams, targeted sightseeing, and outings.
Business-class accommodation
All in-tour travel, including the famous high-speed bullet train and your flights to and from Sapporo.
Tickets for best available seats for games at 12 NPB stadiums.
Admission to the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Koshien Museum, the Ichiro Suzuki Museum (optional add-on), professional sumo tournament (optional add-on) and other select group sightseeing outings.
Welcome dinner, JapanBall HOF luncheon, “Okonomiyaki Experience,” farewell lunch, and at least one more meal.
Visits with local friends and/or baseball personalities
Detailed airport arrival and departure instructions
Scheduling flexibility
Want to come early or stay late? We can help you plan that. Many of our guests arrive a day or two early to acclimate to the time change and get their bearings. However, we recommend doing most of your personal travel after our tour because we take pride in teaching our guests how to get around on their own, and that will make your personal travel more enjoyable.
Translation and travel desk
Carbon offset
In order to mitigate the tour’s environmental impact, we will use our profits to purchase a carbon offset from Sustainable Travel International on behalf of each guest.
Not included: airfare and most meals.
Pricing
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