ABOUT PICKLE TIMES
Everything you want to know about pickleball, straight from the field.
Pickle Times is a pickleball-specialist media outlet you can read in Japanese. We research venues across Japan and Vietnam on foot, delivering everything from tournaments, players, and gear to the latest news, with a commitment to primary sources.
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Venue database
1,396 venues across Japan and Asia on record. Searchable by area, indoor/outdoor, and facility type.
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Tournaments, players, and gear
87 domestic and overseas tournaments, 94 players, and 14 paddle models in our database. Watching, starting, and choosing—all in one place.
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On-the-ground reporting from Vietnam
Our editor-in-chief lives in Ho Chi Minh City. We deliver 968 Vietnamese venues and the latest local situation as primary sources.
What Pickle Times does
Pickle Times is a specialist media outlet that captures the "now" of rapidly spreading pickleball from a player's perspective. Finding venues, following tournaments, getting to know players, choosing gear—for everyone from those who want to start to the competition-oriented, we aim to be a place where you reach the information you need by the shortest route.
Its hallmark is a commitment toprimary sourcesthat the editorial team has verified with its own feet and data. We confirm venues with real data and official information, and write frankly about both the good points and the caveats of gear. From our two bases in Japan and Vietnam, we deliver the facts we've seen on the ground in Japanese.
Listing is free. We also welcome inquiries about venue owner and brand listings, coverage, and collaboration.
VIETNAM
Vietnam's pickleball, in Japanese.
Vietnam is now one of the hottest countries for pickleball in Asia. Courts are surging, centered on urban areas, and are bustling with many players from morning to night on weekdays. On the other hand, there was almost no consolidated local information you could read in Japanese.
At Pickle Times, oureditor-in-chief lives in Ho Chi Minh Cityand reports on everything from local venues, fees, and reservation methods to tournaments and gear, verified on foot. We answer trips and business travel from Japan, and locals' "I want to play right now," with real, primary-source information.
- 968 venueson record (searchable by city, such as Da Nang, Quang Ninh, and Dong Nai)
- Fee ranges by city(guidelines that vary by time slot and indoor/outdoor)
- How to book a court on Zalo(with Vietnamese example phrases you can send as-is)
- Local court etiquetteand the points foreigners tend to get confused about
- How to buy paddles and gear(online, physical stores, and counterfeit precautions)
Pickle Times by the numbers
| Venues on record | 1,396 (of which 968 in Vietnam) |
| Tournament Info | 87 |
| Player profiles | 94 |
| Paddle Directory | 14 models |
| Articles and columns | Over 177 |
The figures are updated regularly. You can check the latest counts in the statistics on the top page.
Inquiries about advertising, coverage, and venue listings
We accept requests for media kits, coverage requests, and venue listings (free) via the contact form.
