Vol.4
Women's Professional Baseball & Ichinomiya City

Ichinomiya City, well-known for its long-standing prosperous textile industry, is full of sights and points of interest showcasing natural beauty, history and culture cultivated by Kiso-gawa (Kiso River). Last year the city became the home of «Aichi Dione,» a women's professional baseball team. Come and experience the wonders of Ichinomiya beyond baseball games.

Hirashima Park Baseball Stadium (Ichinomiya Municipal Baseball Stadium)

Since its opening in 1950, the Aichi Tournament of the National High School Baseball Championship (known as Summer Koshien) has been held here, and since 2018 it’s also been serving as the home stadium of «Aichi Dione».
Official site：http://www15.j-server.com/LUCICHINO/ns/tl.cgi/http%3a//www.city.ichinomiya.aichi.jp/shisetsu/shi/1008918/1009367.html?SLANG=ja&TLANG=en&XMODE=0&XPARAM= key,&XCHARSET=utf-8&XPORG=,&XJSID=0 (English)
　
　

Green Grill (15-Minute Drive from Hirashima Park Baseball Stadium)

A Popular Coffee Shop with Breakfast Specials Served All Day Long

Ichinomiya is also known as the city where the culture of «breakfast specials» at coffee shops originated. Its origin is said to go back to the 1950s, the heyday of the textile industry, when coffee shops started offering boiled eggs and peanuts in the morning to regular customers who started having business meetings right inside the coffee shops to get away from noises of loom machines. «Green Grill» offers whopping 13 kinds of breakfast specials, all of which are served throughout the day, making it a popular spot.

Check out the official «ICHINOMIYA-MORNING» website for the coffee shops that offer breakfast specials!
Official site：http://ichinomiya-morning.com (Japanease)
　
　

Cherry Blossoms Along Oegawa River Green Path (15-Minute Drive from Hirashima Park Baseball Stadium)

Enjoy the Beautiful Sights of Cherry Blossoms and Experience the «Ohanami (Cherry Blossom Viewing)» Culture!

Oegawa River Green Path is the best recommended among Ichinomiya’s many spots with cherry blossom sights. The path boasts approximately 330 Somei Yoshino cherry trees blooming splendidly on both of its banks. During the «Sakura Matsuri (cherry blossom festival)» held March 25 through April 10, the trees will be decorated with special lights, creating a fantastic and mystical night view of cherry blossoms reflecting on the water surface.
Web site：https://www.aichi-now.jp/spots/detail/2124/ (Japanease)
　
　

Masumida Jinja Shrine (5-Minute Drive from Hirashima Park Baseball Stadium)

Well-Known as a Spot Filled with Spiritual Energy

Masumida Jinja Shrine has been revered as «Owari no Kuni Ichinomiya (the first and principal shrine of former Owari Province, which is now western Aichi Prefecture)» since the Heian period (794 - 1185). It’s a home for «Shinsuisha» where visitors pray for good health and safety of their family members by reflecting their faces on the water surface of a well, and «Hatori Jinja Shrine» which worships a god of textiles, and is known for god of match making. In recent years the shrine has become popular as a spot filled with spiritual energy, and has drawn large crowds of visitors.
　
　

An Amulet for Romance, with Red Threads of Passion Bringing the Destined Ones Together
　
Web site：http://www.masumida.or.jp (Official site/Japanease)
　　　　　 http://www.aichi-now.jp/en/spots/detail/302/ (English)
　
　

138 Tower Park at Kiso Sansen National Government Park (18-Minute Drive from Hirashima Park Baseball Stadium)

Enjoy the 360-Degree Panoramic View

The 138-meter-high (approx. 452 feet) observation tower «Twin Arch 138», the flower park with beautiful seasonal flowers, and large playground equipment such as «Fuwa Fuwa (Flaffy) Dome» and «Waku Waku (Exciting) Slider», both popular among children, are available for visitors of all types, from couples and families, to enjoy. «Sakura Festival (cherry blossoms festival)» and «Spring Festa» full of fun events start on March 16 and in mid-April respectively.
Official site：http://kisosansenkoen.jp/e/138_tower_park/index.html (English)
　
　

Re-TAiL (10-Minute Drive from Hirashima Park Baseball Stadium)

An Antique Building, Symbolic of the «City of Textiles»

The former Bisai Textile Association Building (now Re-TAiL), built in 1933 houses shops of locally produced fine-quality cloths and threads that inherit the tradition and history of the textile industry, as well as ateliers for creators of various fields. Events such as dressmaking classes, handbag and stole making sessions are regularly held for visitors to try out and enjoy.
Official site：http://re-tail.jp (Japanease)
　
　

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