2016 Baseball season schedule

Hi there! I am aware of the English portion of http://www.npb.or.jp/ and it shows the current season's schedule. I was wondering if that website is the only one that would show the upcoming season or if there are others out there that are only in Japanese. I was also wondering when these websites would be updated to show next year's calendar so I can plan my trip accordingly.

I'm planning on going to Japan during the last weekend of GW or right after and return to the States before Memorial Day (5/30) and would like to catch home games in Hiroshima and Sapporo, so the earlier I know when they play where, the earlier I can plan for accommodations.

If someone knows any other websites or when they publish the calendar, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks!

NPB will announce the 2016 baseball schedule in late Jan 2016.

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Japanese baseball is awesome! You're going to have a great time.

Thank you! I have enjoyed baseball in Hiroshima, Tokyo, and Sapporo in the last few years. I need to plan the days so I can see games with my friends who live in the respective cities!

NPB will announce a brief schedule of 2016 baseball season in the beginning of November between 6th and 8th(inter league 6 -7th, pacific league 7 - 8th, and central league 8 - 9th). This brief schedule include, dates, team matches and selected venues, but game time is not confirmed at this stage and some venue change may occur until it's officially confirmed.
NPB will announce the official baseball season schedule in late Jan(central league 23 - 24th, pacific and inter league 24- 25th) which include all dates, team matches, venues and time confirmed.
NPB will announce the pre-baseball season schedule in mid-Dec(around 16th) which is played between late Feb(around 20th) and late Mar(around 23rd).

Thank you, Tokyo Friend 48, for your detailed answer!
It will help me tremendously! My tentative arrival in Japan is 5/6 and departure is 5/26, so I hope to catch a weekend game in Hiroshima and an 'anyday' game in Sapporo and will make flight arrangements once I know the concrete game dates.

http://www.npb.or.jp/schedule/2016cl_05.html

Provisional Cent Leg schedule. C = Hiroshima Carp.

Your choice of Carp home matches is:

Carp v Baystars May 6-8

Carp v Swallows May 17-19

Carp v GIants May 24-26

Enjoy planning your trip

Nippon Ham Fighters vs Seibu Lions in Sapporo Dome, 13 - 15 May

Nippon Ham Fighters vs Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in Sapporo Dome, 21-22 May

Nippon Ham Fighters vs Chiba Lotte Marines in Sapporo Dome, 24 May

Nippon Ham Fighters vs Chiba Lotter Marines in Ocean Stadium, Hakodate, 26 May

Game time is not yet to be confirmed but possibily there are some daytime games on weekends.

Thank you both TokyoDave and tokyo friend 48 for your diligence and for remembering my thread! It seems as the Hiroshima games are not to my best interest, seeing the only weekend games are during GW and I'm not sure right now what my friend has planned for that time.

My dates for Japan are May 3rd to the 26th, so I'm sure I'll be able to fit in some baseball there! Thank you, once again, for your research!

Since the thread is back up, can I request some help? I looked at both schedules this morning for about 20 minutes and I couldn't make sense of anything but the team names lol:

From July 18-21, 24th, are any of the Tokyo teams playing in town?

On the 23rd of July, Yokohama is at home according to the schedule, correct?

And are the Tigers (or anyone) playing in Osaka from the 29th-31st of July?

Arigato gosaimasu!

To John B digs Japan
Nippon Ham Fighters vs Fukuoka Softbank Hawks in Sapporo Dome, 3 - 5 May is an editional info. I suppose at least two days out of three days match, Nippon Ham Fighters will host daytime game from previous years due to the golden week schedule.

I suppose Nippon Ham will host daytime games on 14 and 15 May(vs Seibu Lions in Sapporo Dome), 21 and 22 May(vs Eagles in Sapporo Dome) from previous years.
But again, game time is not yet to be confirmed.


To Truck101
Tokyo Yakult Swallows vs Yokohama DeNA baystars in Jungu Stadium(Tokyo) between 18 - 20 July.

Yokohama DeNA baystars vs Tokyo Yomiuri Giants in Yokohama Stadium between 22 - 24 July.

Hanshin Tigers vs Chunichi Dragons in Koshien Stadium between 29 - 31 July.
Actually, Koshien Stadium locates Nishinomiya city in Hyogo but often know as Osaka based stadium. This is because it takes only 13 - 25 mins between Umeda and/or Namba stations in Osaka and Koshien Stadium by trains.

Orix Buffaloes vs Seibu Lions in Kyocera Dome(Osaka) between 29 - 31 July.

As I mentioned above, game time is not yet to be confirmed.

Hi,

Is this schedule available in English anywhere? I'll be traveling to Japan during the baseball season and would like to check out some games.

Thanks!
Tom

I think NPB will announce the official schedule in March 2016 or later in English.

:( not good for needing to book international flights well in advance.

What games are scheduled for late March?

Thank you for the reply!

The website is easy enough to navigate if you plug in the CL or PL in the right spots and change the _05 to _03 on the url.

Home team is first and they use the name of the team, not the city. DB=DeNA Baystars, etc....

For the last week in March, just replace _05 with _04 in the url.

25 - 27 March, 2016
Giants vs Swallows in Tokyo Dome
Tigers vs Dragons in Kyocera Dome, Osaka
Carp vs DeNA Baystars in Mazda Stadium, Hiroshima
Eagles vs Hawks in Kobo Stadium Miyagi
Lions vs Buffaloes in Seibu Prince Dome, Tokorozawa
Marines vs Fighters in QVC Marine Field, Chiba

29 -30 March, 2016
Fighters vs Buffaloes in Sapporo Dome
Marines vs Eagles in QVC Marine Field, Chiba
Hawks vs Lions in Yahuoku Dome, Fukuoka

29 - 31 March, 2016
Swallows vs Tigers in Jingu Stadium, Tokyo
DeNA Baystars vs Giants in Yokohama Stadium
Dragons vs Carp in Nagoya Dome

1- 3 April, 2016
Swallows vs Dragons in Jingu Stadium, Tokyo
DeNA Baystars vs Tigers in Yokohama Stadium
Carp vs Giants in Mazda Stadium, Hiroshima
Fighters vs Hawks in Tokyo Dome
Eagles vs Lions in Kobo Stadium Miyagi
Buffaloes vs Marines in Kyocera Dome, Osaka

5 -6 April, 2016
Lions vs Fighters in Seibu Prince Dome, Tokorozawa
Buffaloes vs Eagles in Kyocera Dome, Osaka
Hawks vs Marines in Yahuoku Dome, Fukuoka
Carp vs Swallows in Mazda Stadium, Hiroshima

5 -7 April, 2016
Giants vs Tigers in Tokyo Dome
Dragons vs DeNA Baystars in Nagoya Dome

8 - 10 April, 2016
DeNA Baystars vs Swallows in Yokohama Stadium
Dragons vs Giants in Nagoya Dome
Tigers vs Carp in Koshien Stadium, Nishinomiya
Eagles vs Fighters in Kobo Stadium Miyagi
Marines vs Lions in QVC Marine Field, Chiba

9 April, 2016
Hawks vs Buffaloes in Kamoike Stadium, Kagoshima

10 April. 2016
Hawks vs Buffaloes in Fujisaki-dai Stadium, Kumamoto

The venues outside home stadium may vary until the official confirmation.

That is great!!!! Looks like I can get at least 3/4 games in! :D

Arigato, Tokyo Friend :)

Looking for help along the lines of the other requests.

I am planing my first trip to Japan in September of 2016. Baseball is the main intent of the trip.

Any help with the translation of the schedule for September 2016 would be greatly appreciated.

I will be attempting to visit every stadium EXCEPT : Rakuten Eagles - Miyagi Baseball Stadium, Nippon Ham Fighters - Sapporo Dome
SoftBank Hawks - Fukuoka Dome.

I look forward to spending more time on this site researching my trip.

Thank you and sumimasen.

Thank you for any assistance