Hisashi Yamada Submarine Stadium is a baseball stadium located in Noshiro City, Akita Prefecture.
The stadium is named after Hisashi Yamada, who was born in Noshiro, played for Hankyu and other teams, and after retiring, worked as a manager for Orix and Chunichi.
Getting to the Stadium
Basically, the venue is accessible by car.
The area around the stadium is a parking lot.
About the Stadium
Location: 3 Shimodai, Ochiai, Noshiro City, Akita
Capacity: 12,000
Opened: 1985
Explore Akita
Before your trip, we have compiled some basic information about Akita Prefecture for your reference.
Basic information on Akita Prefecture
1. "Getting there & Around" Odate, Noshiro
To get to Akita from the Tokyo metropolitan area, you can either fly or use the Shinkansen.
There are two airports in Akita: Aki Airport (nearest to Akita City, Yokote, and Tazawako) and Odate-Noshiro Airport.
The Odate-Noshiro Airport is the most convenient for the Noshiro area, but there are only a few flights to Odate-Noshiro Airport from Haneda by ANA.
The flight from Haneda to Odate-Noshiro Airport takes about one hour.
From the airport to Odate City, take the limousine bus (980 yen one way for a fee), which takes about one hour.
From the airport to Noshiro City, you can take a shared cab for 1,200 yen.
It also takes about one hour.
To get to Akita Station by Shinkansen, take the Tohoku/Hokkaido Shinkansen (bullet train), which takes about 4 hours from Tokyo Station.
The Odate/Noshiro area is a transfer from there.
It takes about 50 minutes by limited express train (Tsuruga) and about an hour by regular train.
If you take the train from Akita to Higashi-Noshiro Station, there is a train every hour or so, but the connection to Noshiro Station is not good.
For this reason, renting a car at Akita Station would be a more practical choice.
Here is a guide on how to get to the Odate and Noshiro areas and how to get around the city.
2. "Where to Stay" in Odate, Noshiro
Akita Prefecture is the sixth largest prefecture in the whole of Japan, including Hokkaido.
Therefore, the location of the hotel is important when there are several attractions in the prefecture.
In this section, we will focus on hotels in the Odate and Noshiro areas..
3. "What to Do & See" in Odate, Noshiro
The most famous sightseeing spots in Akita Prefecture are Tazawako Lake, Oga Peninsula known for Namahage, and Nyuto Hot Spring Resort.
We have picked out the best sightseeing spots in the Akita area.
4. "What / Where to Eat" in Odate, Noshiro
Akita's specialties include kiritanpo, hinai jidori, and inaniwa udon.
Here is an introduction to Akita's food.
