Balloons at the Yahoo! Dome

This picture was taken inside the Yahoo! Dome during the 7th Inning Stretch of a baseball game between the Softbank Hawks and the Chiba-Lotte Marines.  Everyone gets a balloon and releases it at the same moment.  When they go off it's a uniquely interesting sight!  You'd be surprised at how quickly the field gets cleaned up.  The Japanese are a people who value efficiency and diligence and their society reflects this.

Fukuoka Yahoo! Dome

This photo was taken in 2007 at the Fukuoka Yahoo! Dome in Fukuoka, Japan. The Fukuoka Dome was built in 1993 and has a seating capacity of 35,695. Frank Sinatra played his last public concert there in 1994. The stadium is the home of the Nippon Baseball League's Fukuoka Softbank Hawks. The Hawks won the Pacific League in 2010, but fell in the Pacific League Final Stage to the Chiba Lotte Marines in 6 games despite holding a 2-1 series lead after 3 games. The Hawks haven't won the Japan Series title since 2003, but have a strong team heading into 2011.