Hanshin Koshien Stadium
阪神甲子園球場
Hanshin Tigers
The oldest active professional baseball stadium in Japan and one of the most sacred venues in all of the sport, Koshien Stadium is the passionate home of the Hanshin Tigers and the annual site of Japan's National High School Baseball Championship — a tournament that commands the entire country's attention every summer.
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Stadium Stats
Capacity
47,400
Year Opened
1924
League
Central League
Country
Japan
Did You Know?
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Koshien Stadium opened on August 1, 1924 — making it older than Yankee Stadium and nearly as old as Fenway Park.
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The National High School Baseball Championship (Koshien Tournament) is held here twice annually and is one of Japan's most-watched sporting events, with over 4 million fans attending across the two tournaments.
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Hanshin Tigers fans are famous for their intensity; the Tigers-Giants rivalry is the most heated in Japanese baseball, sometimes compared to the Yankees-Red Sox dynamic.