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Left Field – 97.5 metres (320ft) Left-Center – 112.3 metres (368ft) Center Field – 120 metres (394ft) Right-Center – 112.3 metres (368ft) Right Field – 97.5 metres (320ft) Height of outfield fence – 3.5 m (11.5 ft)
Redevelopment plans call for the stadium and the adjacent Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium to be demolished and replaced with new facilities.
History
As the second-oldest baseball stadium in Japan, Meiji Jingu Stadium is one of the few professional stadiums still in existence where Babe Ruth played (the only other ones are Wrigley Field in Chicago, Fenway Park in Boston, and Koshien Stadium in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan). In 1934, Ruth joined several other famous baseball players from the U.S., such as Lou Gehrig and Jimmie Foxx, in a 22-game tour of Japan. Matsutarō Shōriki, popularly known as the father of Japanese professional baseball, organized the American tour; he survived an assassination attempt for allowing foreigners to play baseball in Jingu Stadium.[3] He received a 16-inch-long wound from a broadsword during the assassination attempt.
The stadium was also used for an exhibition of baseball when Tokyo hosted the 1964 Summer Olympics. The United States team of college baseball players, including eight future major league players, defeated a Japanese amateur all-star team, 6–2.
In 2019, the Meiji Jingu Gaien, the Japan Sports Council, Mitsui Fudosan and Itochu Corp. groups agreed to redevelop both Meiji Jingu Stadium and the Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium. Under the plans, Meiji Jingu Stadium will be demolished and rebuilt on the site of the rugby ground.[4] The replacement rugby stadium will be built on the current site of the Meiji Jingu Stadium Number 2 field. Officials have announced that the new stadium will have a roof over the field and stands.[5]
In popular culture
Meiji Jingu Stadium makes frequent appearances in baseball-themed manga and anime, including the series Ace of Diamond and Gurazeni. The latter features the stadium's fictional home team, the "Jingu Spiders".
Meiji Jingu Stadium is mentioned in the 1937 novel How Do You Live? by Genzaburo Yoshino. The stadium is also featured in the short story The Yakult Swallows Poetry Collection by Japanese writer Haruki Murakami, from the 2020 short story collection First Person Singular.[6]
Nogizaka46 considers Meiji Jingu Stadium their home field. Since 2014, they have visited it every year during their National Summer Tour, with the exception of 2021.[7]
Meiji Jingu Stadium appears in Season 2 Episode 8 of the Love Live! Superstar!! anime. It is briefly considered for Liella!'s performance; however, their attempt to use the space is denied. Neighboring Japan National Stadium appears in Season 2 Episode 11 under the similar but fictional name "Jingu Stadium".
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