Kobe Sports Park Baseball Stadium

Kobe Sports Park Baseball Stadium (神戸総合運動公園野球場, Kōbe Sōgō-Undō-Kōen Yakyūjō) or officially Hotto Motto Field Kobe is a baseball park in Kobe Sports Park, Kobe, Japan. It is primarily used for baseball, and is one of two home fields for the Orix Buffaloes, the other being the Kyocera Dome Osaka.

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Hotto Motto Field Kobe

ほっともっとフィールド神戸
Location	Kobe Sports Park, Suma-ku, Kobe, Japan
Coordinates	34°40′50.37″N 135°4′24.3″E
Public transit	Kobe Municipal Subway: Seishin-Yamate Line at Sōgō Undō Kōen
Owner	Kobe City
Operator	Orix Baseball Club
Field size	left field: 99.1 m (325 ft) center: 122 m (400 ft) right field: 99.1 m (325 ft)
Opened	March 6, 1988
Tenants
Orix Bluewave/Orix Buffaloes (Pacific League/NPB, 1991–2004, secondary home 2005–: ) Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (Pacific League/NPB 2011 (temporary))

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The Kobe stadium is occasionally used when the Osaka Dome hosts Hanshin Tigers games, due to their home field, Koshien Stadium, being used for the Spring Koshien and Summer Koshien baseball tournaments.

The stadium's field is one of three ballparks in Japan to have an American-style baseball field,: An all-grass outfield and infield, with dirt basepaths. It opened on March 6, 1988 and holds 35,000 people.