Escalators, elevators, rest rooms for the disabled, and a day-care center are some of the better innovations at the Nagoya Dome. Smoking is only allowed in designated areas near the entrances because, if a lit cigarette were dropped in a trash can, the whole dome might burn to the ground. And that would be a pity. The upper-deck bleacher seats are only a few meters from where Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon. Bring binoculars or a telescope.
Foul territory is immense.
Only Chiba Marine Stadium removes fans further from the action. Like the Tokyo Dome and most other newer ballparks, front row seats are several meters above the field at the foul poles, sloping down to just a meter at the center of the foul lines. A high protective wire fence extends from the backstop to each foul pole. As usual, the best seats are those twenty or more rows removed from the playing field, where fans may see over the wire fence. I m not sure if fans can keep foul balls, but it seems unlikely.