Ten Hall of Famers, including Class of 2025 inductee Ichiro, were on hand for the exhibit opening.
Experience Yakyu | Baseball
Discover the Yakyu | Baseball Exhibit
Baseball in the United States and yakyu in Japan exist, and in fact prosper, as a result of the emergence of transpacific systems of exchange between the two countries over the past 150 years.
Located on the Museum’s third floor, the exhibit covers more than 1,800 square feet of space and features four aspects of transpacific baseball:
- Japanese teams touring America, including the first such tour by the Waseda University team in 1905
- American teams touring Japan, including the first trip in 1907 and the massively popular tour featuring Babe Ruth in 1934
- Players born in the United States playing in Japan, including Larry Doby, Warren Cromartie, Randy Bass and many more
- Players born in Japan playing in the United States, starting with MLB pioneer Masanori Murakami in 1964 and followed by Hideo Nomo in 1995 and the stars that followed
IMAGES FROM THE EXHIBIT
Yakyu | Baseball: The Transpacific Exchange of the Game features artifacts and stories celebrating the shared culture of baseball between the United States and Japan.
Ichiro in the exhibit.
Hideo Nomo in the exhibit.
The Ichiro case.
The Ohtani case.
The Nomo case.
Diplomacy on the Diamond section.
The back of the Ichiro case.
What’s on deck for your visit?
Be prepared to step back in time, savor the game’s greatest moments, and celebrate the legends who made it all happen.
You’ll find exhibits expertly curated and stories colorfully told by the game’s most dedicated and passionate historians. And you’ll leave more inspired than you ever imagined.
far away
under the skies of America
they began
baseball—ah,
I could watch it forever
Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902)
PLAN YOUR VISIT
The memories you’ll make here will last a lifetime. Awed by priceless artifacts. Moved by stories and triumphs that inspired and united a nation. Find your way to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, and you’ll make history of your own.
TRAVEL PACKAGES
The Museum has teamed up with Sports Travel and Tours to offer baseball fans a one-stop opportunity to purchase Hall of Fame travel packages. For more information or to plan a trip to Cooperstown, please call 1-888-310-HALL (4255). Membership participants receive a 5% discount on all their baseball travel packages.
THE MUSEUM
Across our three floors of exhibit space, you will experience baseball history through artifacts on display, which showcase the important individual and team moments on the field as well as the game's monumental impact on our society.
PLAN YOUR VISIT
The memories you’ll make here will last a lifetime. Awed by priceless artifacts. Moved by stories and triumphs that inspired and united a nation. Find your way to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, and you’ll make history of your own.
TRAVEL PACKAGES
The Museum has teamed up with Sports Travel and Tours to offer baseball fans a one-stop opportunity to purchase Hall of Fame travel packages. For more information or to plan a trip to Cooperstown, please call 1-888-310-HALL (4255). Membership participants receive a 5% discount on all their baseball travel packages.
THE MUSEUM
Across our three floors of exhibit space, you will experience baseball history through artifacts on display, which showcase the important individual and team moments on the field as well as the game's monumental impact on our society.