Hi everyone, I am visiting Japan for the first time, and it looks like the closest game to me this weekend will be Mito HollyHock (I am staying near Tsukuba).

Does anyone have any advice for my first J-League game? Are there any other games I should be considering nearby? Where should I sit in the stadium for the best atmosphere? Where should I go before the game?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Arigato!

I have been successful in securing five tickets for the Emperors Cup final, however, am no longer able to make the game and am looking for a way to refund/resell these tickets. I secured them with a QR code pickup.

Is there any way to resell these tickets through JFA like regular J-League season tickets, if not is there an alternative?

Any help if greatly appreciate

Really not a pinstripes kinda guy, and my motivation for buying this was, simply, being a Gamba fan. After our win vs. Marinos, this jersey could now represent our first trophy since the inauguration of Panasonic Stadium.

I am trying to figure out which other professional clubs are affiliated or directly linked to the J-league teams. For example, some of the ones I've heard about are Nagoya Grampus – AS Roma, Yokohama F. Marinos – Manchester City, Shonan Bellmare – Wolverhampton Wanderers, any others?

I know Yokohama has the Tricolor store next to the stadium but it seems it is closed during the week. Is there anywhere I could go in Yokohama or Tokyo to get Marinos merch during the week?

Unfortunately I'll only be in the area due by the work week.

I was watching the Urawa game today which unfortunately for Kashiwa ended in defeat due to a very late penalty, and can't help but think that despite Kinoshita being their top scorer, everyone just kinds of waits for Savio to do something, and when he's not on the whole team just falls flat.

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EDIT DATE IS NOVEMBER 9TH*** hoping to attend this match and looking for advice as to best locations to sit. If sitting in supporters zone then would pick FC Tokyo but open to neutral seating areas as well. Thanks

It's always strange how these things work. Yesterday Vissel lost for the first time in a long time handing the advantage to Sanfrecce. Only for Hiroshima to go and lose to Shonan today thanks to a Satoshi Tanaka 92nd minute winner.

Who do you think wins the title? As a Kobe fan, my hope has been restored 😂

We're starting in Osaka and travelling north through Nara, Kyoto and Tokyo. Thinking the Cerezo vs Kashima looks like a good match as they're sitting 7 and 5 currently. I particularly love Cerezo's jersey and colours.

Any thoughts on if the Home match at Yodoko Sakura Stadium will be exciting and atmospheric? I've never seen a J League match live before!

If anyone has been there before, I’d love to know the best place to sit!

Thanks in advance for your help.

Not that there was much doubt, but FC Tokyo has mathematically clinched Safety with their win.

G-Osaka is still mathematically alive for the title after their tie, but that would be officially extinguished with Hiroshima accumulating one more point (or Kobe accumulating three more points).

The Yokohama-Niigata tie did a little bit of damage to their Safety odds, but since the current projection is for 40 points to be good enough, in which Niigata just achieved and Yokohama is above, they "should" be safe even if they were to lose all their remaining matches.

https://thebackroomstaff.com/blog/jiro_k -- I interviewed the Head of International Sporting Strategy at FC Tokyo about player and coach development in Japan and his goal to make FC Tokyo a global club. Let me know what you think!

In Osaka for a couple days and planned on attending the match on the 19th. Wondering what to do pregame, where the best place to sit, and any other tips you may have for me and my friends. Thanks in advance!

Hello, I will be in Japan next month. I actually wanted to go to Gamba Osaka's game against Nagoya Grampus, but unfortunately that has now been rearranged.

Now I would like to visit the game of Vissel Kobe in the Champions League, unfortunately I can't buy tickets online from Germany for this match.

Is there a way to buy tickets for the game in advance?

Thank you!