AW-I Sports Arena is a gymnasium located in Echizen City. This is where sumo tournaments are held and where official women's basketball games are held.
Getting to the Stadium
It is about 2 kilometers from Takefu Station on the JR Hokuriku Line, so it takes about 20 to 30 minutes on foot.
Alternatively, you can access by car.
There is a parking lot at the gymnasium, but the rules of use may differ depending on the event, so be sure to check the organizer's website.
About the Stadium
Location: 2-8-23, Takase, Echizen City, Fukui, 915-0832
Capacity: 1,284
Explore Fukui
Travel Tips & Information
Here is the basic information about Fukui as a reference for planning your trip.
Professional Sports Teams in Fukui
（1）"Getting There & Around" Sabae, Echizen
If you are in the Tokyo metropolitan area, you can either take the Hokuriku Shinkansen to Kanazawa and transfer to the limited express train, or come from Haneda to Komatsu Airport and take the train from Komatsu to Fukui. If you take the Hokuriku Shinkansen from Tokyo, it takes about three hours to get to Kanazawa.
From Kanazawa to Sabae Station, it takes about one hour by limited express train, Thunderbird or Shiragi.
There is no airport in Fukui, but there is an airport in Komatsu in neighboring Ishikawa Prefecture, with domestic flights from Haneda, Sapporo, Fukuoka, and Naha.
From the airport, you can take a bus to the station and then take a train to Kaga Onsen, Kanazawa, or Ashihara Onsen, Fukui.
If you are coming from the Kansai area, the limited express Thunderbird will be convenient.
From Osaka, it takes about 1 hour and 40 minutes to Sabae Station on the Thunderbird Limited Express.
From Nagoya, the limited express Shirasagi takes about 2 hours and 10 minutes.
（2）"Where to Stay" in Sabae, Echizen
There are not that many hotels in the Sabae Station area.
It depends on your purpose, but if you are staying on the Fukui station side, there are many business hotel type hotels around Fukui station.
If you are going to the Kansai area after your stay in Fukui, staying in Tsuruga is also an option.
（3）"What to Do & See" in Sabae, Echizen
Fukui is barren of top-level professional sports teams, but it is home to the Fukui Wild Raptors, a member of the BC League (baseball's independent league).
There is also the 9.98 stadium where Kiryu became the first Japanese athlete to run the 100 meters in the 9-second mark, and the Fukui Prefectural Baseball Stadium, located on the same site, hosts an official professional baseball game once every few years.
In terms of sightseeing, there is Tojinbo, Eiheiji Temple, Maruoka Castle, and the Dinosaur Museum, which is located in Katsuyama.
The following is a pickup of tourist spots in the Fukui/Awara area.
（4）"What & Where to Eat" in Sabae, Echizen
Fukui is famous for its Echizen crabs.
In the area of Ashihara Onsen and Tojinbo, there are some restaurants where you can enjoy Echizen crab.
The city of Fukui is famous for its sauce pork cutlet rice bowl.
Try the sauce cutlet rice bowl, which is both crispy and crunchy.
