ES CON FIELD HOKKAIDO, the new ballpark of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, will finally open its season. Here are some tips on how to maximize your game-watching experience, including the attractive facilities and how to access the stadium. Let's make your game at the new stadium a memorable one!

First, let's take a look at how to get to HOKKAIDO BALLPARK F VILLAGE, where ESCON Field is located.

Shuttle buses run from JR Kitahiroshima Station, JR Shin-Sapporo Station, JR Nopporo Station, and New Chitose Airport. The shuttle buses can be used on days when there is a match as well as on days when there is no match (except to/from JR Nopporo Station).

The nearest JR Kitahiroshima Station is approximately 17 minutes from Sapporo Station and 20 minutes from New Chitose Airport by JR rapid "Airport" train.

(On the day of the night game, a special rapid train to Sapporo starting from Kitahiroshima Station is scheduled to be operated during the return trip.

From JR Kitahiroshima Station, it takes about 20 minutes on foot.

Example route from JR Sapporo Station

Example route from JR Kitahiroshima Station

All stores, food and beverage tenants, and beer purchased from vendors at ESCON Field will be cashless payment (cash is accepted at outdoor facilities).

No counting money or exchanging change, speedy and easy!

In addition to credit, debit, and prepaid cards from major companies, electronic money such as iD, nanaco, and WAON, and QR code payments such as PayPay, Rakuten Pay, and docomo d-pay can be used as payment methods.

Various cashless payment methods are available

More convenient with the official F Village app for smartphones! Once you register your payment information, you can make reservations, enter, and pay just with the app, and you can also accumulate exclusive points. If you do not have a cashless payment device, you can purchase a WAON card at the Information Center in the venue.

Special seats are located throughout the stadium to make the experience even more special!

Visitors can experience the comfort of the seat with Shinjo's special backrest and elbow rests, and enjoy the game like the manager himself.

The same seats that are installed in the Fighters' bench for Manager Shinjo's exclusive use.

Also on the first floor, on the light side, is the "Lipovitan D Private Box," a private seat where you can enjoy watching the game in a comfortable sofa-like seat. In these seats, the "Players Dining Menu Plate," which allows you to taste the menu that the players are eating on game days, is available as an option.

Attractive to be able to taste the menu that the players are eating.

The "7-Eleven Bullpen Seats" located on both the right and left sides of the first floor are the seats closest to the bullpen. These seats are located in a stairwell, and are the best seats for watching the pitcher's powerful pitching performance up close and personal!

You can almost hear the sound of the pitches and feel the tension before pitching!

On the second floor, on the right side, there is a "Unicharm Manorware Dog Suite" where you can watch the game with your dog. You can enjoy baseball with your pooch in a spacious box with green artificial grass.

You can get a manner wear at the reception desk.

Coca-Cola Seats" are the shortest route to enjoy baseball from Coca-Cola GATE on the 2nd floor! Seats with a table and unlimited soft drinks made by Coca-Cola are a nice bonus.

A large Coca-Cola welcomes you as you enter from Coca-Cola GATE.

Note that the all-you-can-drink offer is only available for purchase from the vendor! Purchasing at the store is an extra charge.

Located near the "Nanatsusei Yokocho" area where famous restaurants from all over the country gather, the "Nanatsusei Yokocho Counter Seats" are a great place to relax and enjoy gourmet food along with the realistic atmosphere of the games.

You can enjoy the game and Nanabusei Yokocho gourmet food from the counter seat!

Special menus collaborated with players are available, so please enjoy the tastes that can only be enjoyed here.

Spacious seats for talking with other fans

Next, the craft beer brewing restaurant "Sora Toshiba by Yona Yona Ale" located inside the center back screen is also a unique place to watch the game!

The restaurant offers the original beer "Soratoshiba," which is only available at the stadium, as well as tours of the brewery!

The "Soratoshiba ROOF TOP" located above the center back screen offers a panoramic view of the entire field, and the craft beer served there is exceptional.

Available on non-match days as well.

When you go down from the "Soratoshiba by Yona Yona Ale", you will find yourself in a special space. Batter's Eye Lounge" is the perfect place to watch a baseball game and enjoy beer brewed at Sora Toshiba. You can enjoy the game over the center fence while savoring craft beer and gourmet food.

As the name suggests, you can enjoy the game from the same vantage point as the batter!

The theme of ESCON Field is "diverse spectator experiences," and this is embodied in the "tower eleven onsen & sauna" located in Tower 11, a landmark that rises above the left field stands.

This is the only natural hot spring and sauna in the world that overlooks the field! There are separate indoor baths for men and women, a hot spring bathtub for swimsuits, a water bath, and a sauna room, and you can watch the game live from all of them.

The indoor rest terrace also has a bar counter serving original beer brewed in the stadium and light food and beverages.

TOWER 11 also has a lodging facility called "tower eleven hotel. Mountain View guests can watch the game from the highest rooftop terrace deck in the stadium.

The field seen from the "BASEBALLISM" room

The interior design, artwork, accessories, and other details have been carefully selected to evoke the charm of baseball and ballpark culture.

The "BASEBALLISM" room features artwork of the "Flagman," the symbol of BASEBALLISM, in Fighters blue.

The "DARVISH & OHTANI Suite (field view suite)" is a room themed around Yu Darvish and Shohei Ohtani, the players who were number 11 on the baseball team, from which TOWER 11 takes its name, and the "Number baseball (Mountain View)" room is a collaboration with the sports magazine "Number". Mountain View" rooms, which are sure to appeal to baseball fans.

The "DARVISH & OHTANI Suite" is decorated with the uniforms of Darvish and Otani.

If you look closely at the wall of the "Number baseball" room, you can see a player's autograph!

A work office is also located in one corner of the hotel. At the "WORK × ation Site Hokkaido Ball Park F Village," you can watch the games while working or meeting with friends, and combine this with a variety of experiences such as hot springs, saunas, gourmet food, and activities to create a unique way to work!

Watch the game from the field-side lounge.

Parkside office with a view of nature

Diamond Club Seats (behind the back net), the premium area of ESCON Field, are the special seats you have always dreamed of. The overwhelming proximity from the front row to the field and the comfort of the plush leather seats are superb.

Further down is the special lounge "DIAMOND CLUB LOUNGE sponsored by ANA". In this luxurious space, dishes using seasonal Hokkaido ingredients are served buffet style. In addition, a teppanyaki performance by the chef will be held right in front of your eyes.

The lounge is an exclusive area for VIP ticket purchasers.

Available for corporate meetings and receptions as well as stadium weddings on non-match days

At the back of the lounge is the "Diamond Club Box," the seats closest to home base. This is a luxurious private room where you can be served a full course meal while watching the game.

You can enjoy a realistic view of the game as if you were standing on the field!

Here are some photo spots that you should not miss when you visit the stadium! First, let's start with the "History Area" located near the Lipovitan Gate on the 1st floor. The history of the team from its founding to the opening of Escondido Field is on display here.

Past championship pennants are also displayed above the escalators.

Also near Lipovitan Gate, you can become a baseball player at the Lipovitan Kids PLAYOT by BørneLund! Please try to stand in your favorite position and take a picture.

Feel like a batter in the batter's box or a pitcher standing in the middle!

The wall art on the first floor concourse side of TOWER 11 depicts the namesake of TOWER 11, Yu Darvish and Shohei Otani, in bold letters.

The power of both players can be felt through the wall art.

Visitors entering from the 3rd BASE GATE are encouraged to take a picture with "Efusan," the parent bear of "Efutan the Bear Child," who lives in the F Village, in front of the gate.

Efusan" will greet you in front of the 3rd BASE GATE!

There are a total of five stores on the 1st and 2nd floors where you can buy official Fighters merchandise. Each store is unique in its own way.

The "FIGHTERS FLAGSHIP STORE" located in front of the 3rd BASE GATE on the 1st floor sells everything from standard items such as replica uniforms and caps to collaboration items and even a kit for growing grass at the stadium. On the second floor of the store, you can also purchase your favorite patches to make your own custom uniforms.

The custom corner "FIGHTERS LABO" on the second floor of the FIGHTERS FLAGSHIP STORE

Also on the first floor near the Lipovitan Gate is the "FIGHTERS FAMILY STORE" with items mainly for children, and the "FIGHTERS AMUSEMENT STORE" with commemorative medals, pin pudge gacha, photo booth, etc.

Cute stuffed animals, stationery, kids' size uniforms, etc. are available.

Gacha-gacha is also available for cashless payment with the purchase of special coins to spin!

The "FIGHTERS PREMIUM STORE" on the third base side of the first floor sells high-quality items and commemorative goods, and the "FIGHTERS ANNEX STORE," which also has an event space, is a store that resembles a locker room.

Selling autographed goods

The concept of the store is "a shopping space where you can feel close to the players" based on the image of a locker room.

A variety of ways to watch the games. The enjoyment of watching the game will be expanded!

ESCON Field HOKKAIDO is sure to offer a more diverse spectator experience than previous stadiums, not only for games, but also for dining, drinking, lodging, and activities! There are many more attractions than those introduced here, so please look forward to the next new feature!

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