Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium
Baseball venue in Fukushima City, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium (福島県営あづま球場, Fukushima Ken'ei Azuma Kyūjō) is a multi-purpose stadium in Fukushima, Japan. It is currently used mostly for baseball matches. The stadium was originally opened in 1986 and has a capacity of 30,000 spectators.
It was the baseball and softball venue for tournament opening matches at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
The public source identifies “Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium” as baseball venue in Fukushima City, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Fukushima, Azuma and Baseball.
Why this record matters
A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium”, the useful work is to connect “baseball venue in Fukushima City, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 30, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q15221182. Authority coordinates are 37.721, 140.363. 3 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1986 and 2020.
Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
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Three-step research path
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Questions for further research
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This entry incorporates text from “Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.