Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame

The Yakyu dendo (Japanese野球 殿堂, literally " Baseball Palace " ), the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame is the hall of fame of the greatest Japanese baseball players, managers and umpires as well as personalities who have made ​​contributions to Japanese baseball.

The associated museum (野球 体育 博物馆, Yakyu taiiku Hakubutsukan, " Baseball Sports Museum ", Eng. Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum ) is located since 1988 in the Tokyo Dome. It was established after the model of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York in 1959 and was originally located next to the Korakuen Stadium at the same site, is at the Tokyo Dome today.