Tsuruga City Sports Park Baseball Stadium

Tsuruga City Sports Park Baseball Stadium is a baseball stadium located in Tsuruga City, Fukui Prefecture.
It is the stadium where home games of the BC League's Fukui Wild Raptors are held.
In the past, the stadium has hosted an official game between Chunichi and Yakult in 1988.

Getting to the Stadium

Basically, access to the park is by car.
There is a parking lot in the park that can hold a large number of cars, but depending on the event, the number of available parking spaces may be limited, so be sure to check the organizer's website.

About the Stadium

Location: 149-1, Kutsumi Tsuruga City, Fukui 
Capacity:15,000

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" Tsuruga, Obama

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, you can reach Kanazawa in about three hours.
From Kanazawa to Tsuruga Station, it takes about 1 hour and 20 minutes 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 more convenient.
It takes about one hour from Tsuruga to Kyoto and about one and a half hours to Osaka.
From Nagoya, it will take about 1 hour and 40 minutes by the limited express Shirasagi.

(2)"Where to Stay" in Tsuruga, Obama

There are several business hotels around Tsuruga Station.
There may not be a need to dare to stay in Tsuruga because of the easy access to Kyoto and other cities, but there are hotels within walking distance from Tsuruga Station.

(3)"What to Do & See" in Tsuruga, Obama

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 Tsuruga, Obama

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.


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