  the  is a baseball field, located in chÅ«Å-ku, fukuoka, japan. built in 1993, the stadium was originally named  and can accommodate 38,561http://www.softbankhawks.co.jp/stadium/institution.php spectators. it was japan's first stadium with a retractable roof. in 2005, yahoo! japan, one of softbank's subsidiaries, acquired the stadium's naming rights, and thus renamed it  or abbreviated as ,http://www.hawkstown.com/eng/dome/index.html in january 2013, it was renamed to . yafuoku means yahoo! auctions in japan. fukuoka dome is the home stadium of fukuoka softbank hawks and, together with hilton fukuoka sea hawk hotel and hawks town mall, is part of the hawks town entertainment complex.http://www.hawkstown.com/eng/information/townmap.html it is located near momochi beach, about 15 minutes walk from tojinmachi subway station. in 2006, the stadium received an upgrade to its mono-color main scoreboard "hawks vision." sharing the same nickname as its predecessor and measured at 9.9840&nbsp;m (32.76&nbsp;ft) high and 52.992&nb
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