Stadiums in Japan: Kashiwa Soccer Stadium

Kashiwa City, Chiba Prefecture

Although it could not compare to the utterly depressing cow pasture that passes for a football stadium in nearby Ichihara, Kashiwa's Hitachi-dai Stadium, is a relatively dull and unimaginative stadium whose main charm point is the fact that it is football only, unlike the newer Kashiwa-no-Ha Stadium, which is used for about half of Reysol home matches. Many fans consider the new facility a step backwards. Whatever its drawbacks in terms of size and location, at least Hitachi-dai is built specifically for football.
One disadvantage that Kashiwa Stadium has is that few of the seats are covered apart from the giant shelters over a portion of the season ticket-holders seats . Stadium is only poor, not terrible. It is at least a 20 minute walk from the nearest station, and bus service is not that good (there are no dedicated shuttle buses for fans, so buses stop all along the route for "regular" passengers). Nevertheless, at least the atmosphere is cozy and intimate, whereas the feeling at other stadiums in the prefecture, such as Ichihara Seaside and Kashiwa-no-Ha Stadium, is only a tiny bit better than watching the matches on TV.

Kashiwa Hitachidai Stadium

Location:Kashiwa City, Chiba Prefecture		Capacity: 16,000
Home Team(s): Kashiwa Reysol		Completed: 1975

Stadium Access

Hitachidai Stadium has relatively poor stadium access, though it is noy far from downtown Kashiwa. It is about a 20 to 25 minute walk from Kashiwa Station on the JR Joban line to. From Kashiwa Station's east exit there are regular city buses to the stadium, which run more frequently on match days. Board a Tobu Bus from bus stand Number 1, bound for "Nadogaya", and get off at the Midorigaoka bus stop, which is right in front of the stadium park.

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Ticket Prices

General admission:
Adults Y2,500; Children Y1,500
A Zone Reserved:
Y3,000
M Zone Reserved:
Y3,500
SF Zone Reserved:
Y4,000
SD Zone Reserved:
Y4,500