{"id":4773,"date":"2026-09-15T19:20:28","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T10:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/news\/asics-nihonbashi-court\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T22:27:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T13:27:07","slug":"asics-nihonbashi-court","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/news\/asics-nihonbashi-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Asics opens pickleball courts in Nihonbashi, free for 10 days with gear provided"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u30a2\u30b7\u30c3\u30af\u30b9\u306f2026\u5e749\u670818\u65e5(\u91d1)\u304b\u308927\u65e5(\u65e5)\u307e\u3067\u306e10\u65e5\u9593\u3001\u6771\u4eac\u30fb\u65e5\u672c\u6a4b\u306e\u5e83\u5834\u300c\u798f\u5fb3\u306e\u68ee\u300d\u306b\u30d4\u30c3\u30af\u30eb\u30dc\u30fc\u30eb\u30b3\u30fc\u30c8\u30921\u9762\u8a2d\u3051\u305f\u3002\u300cASICS PICKLEBALL CONNECT\u300d\u3068\u540d\u3065\u3051\u305f\u3053\u306e\u4f01\u753b\u306f\u3001\u30d1\u30c9\u30eb\u3082\u30b7\u30e5\u30fc\u30ba\u3082\u7121\u6599\u3067\u8cb8\u3057\u51fa\u3057\u3001\u4e8b\u524d\u4e88\u7d04\u3082\u3044\u3089\u306a\u3044\u3002\u4ed5\u4e8b\u5e30\u308a\u306b\u624b\u3076\u3089\u3067\u7acb\u3061\u5bc4\u308a\u300110\u5206\u3060\u3051\u6253\u3063\u3066\u5e30\u308b\u2014\u2014\u305d\u3093\u306a\u904a\u3073\u65b9\u3092\u8857\u306e\u3069\u771f\u3093\u4e2d\u3067\u8a66\u305b\u308b\u30b3\u30fc\u30c8\u904b\u55b6\u3068\u3057\u3066\u4f01\u753b\u3055\u308c\u305f\u3002\u7af6\u6280\u3092\u59cb\u3081\u305f\u3044\u4eba\u306e\u5165\u53e3\u304c\u3001\u4f53\u80b2\u9928\u306e\u4e88\u7d04\u8868\u304b\u3089\u901a\u52e4\u8def\u306e\u308f\u304d\u3078\u52d5\u3044\u305f\u8a66\u307f\u3068\u3057\u3066\u6ce8\u76ee\u3055\u308c\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>Permanent pickleball facilities in Japan have multiplied over the past year. A major sporting goods company putting a free court under its own brand on prime land two minutes' walk from Mitsukoshimae Station is no small thing.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/asics-nihonbashi-court-summary.webp\" alt=\"\u90fd\u5fc3\u306e\u5e83\u5834\u306b\u8a2d\u3051\u305f\u7121\u6599\u4f53\u9a13\u30b3\u30fc\u30c8\u3068\u7528\u5177\u8cb8\u3057\u51fa\u3057\u3092\u5f85\u3064\u53c2\u52a0\u8005\" class=\"wp-image-6685\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/asics-nihonbashi-court-summary.webp 1200w, https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/asics-nihonbashi-court-summary-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/asics-nihonbashi-court-summary-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/asics-nihonbashi-court-summary-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/asics-nihonbashi-court-summary-18x10.webp 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<h2>Ten days beside Fukutoku Shrine where you can step on court empty-handed<\/h2>\n<p>\u4f1a\u5834\u306e\u798f\u5fb3\u306e\u68ee\u306f\u3001\u798f\u5fb3\u795e\u793e\u306b\u96a3\u63a5\u3059\u308b\u65e5\u672c\u6a4b\u5ba4\u753a\u306e\u5e83\u5834\u3060\u3002\u6771\u4eac\u30e1\u30c8\u30ed\u4e09\u8d8a\u524d\u99c5A6\u51fa\u53e3\u304b\u3089\u5f92\u6b69\u7d042\u5206\u3001JR\u65b0\u65e5\u672c\u6a4b\u99c5\u304b\u3089\u3082\u5f92\u6b69\u7d042\u5206\u3068\u3001\u4e57\u308a\u63db\u3048\u306e\u3064\u3044\u3067\u306b\u5bc4\u308c\u308b\u7acb\u5730\u306b\u3042\u308b\u3002\u5f53\u6642\u306e\u958b\u653e\u6642\u9593\u306f\u5e73\u65e5\u304c16\u6642\u304b\u308921\u6642\u3001\u571f\u65e5\u795d\u306f13\u6642\u304b\u308921\u6642\u30029\u670821\u65e5\u306e\u656c\u8001\u306e\u65e5\u300122\u65e5\u306e\u56fd\u6c11\u306e\u4f11\u65e5\u300123\u65e5\u306e\u79cb\u5206\u306e\u65e5\u306f\u3044\u305a\u308c\u308213\u6642\u958b\u5834\u3067\u3001\u9023\u4f11\u3092\u307e\u308b\u3054\u3068\u4f7f\u3048\u308b\u8a08\u753b\u3060\u3063\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>Admission is completely free, first come first served on the day. Junior high school age and above can take part alone; elementary school age and below must be accompanied by a guardian. There is only one court, with 10-minute turns that shorten to five when it gets busy. Up to 10 people can go on at once, so colleagues or families can play together as a group.<\/p>\n\n<h3>What you can borrow<\/h3>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/asics-nihonbashi-court-detail.webp\" alt=\"\u8cb8\u51fa\u7528\u306e\u30b3\u30fc\u30c8\u30b7\u30e5\u30fc\u30ba\u3092\u8a66\u7740\u3057\u7d10\u3092\u8abf\u6574\u3059\u308b\u521d\u5fc3\u8005\" class=\"wp-image-6686\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/asics-nihonbashi-court-detail.webp 1200w, https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/asics-nihonbashi-court-detail-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/asics-nihonbashi-court-detail-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/asics-nihonbashi-court-detail-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/asics-nihonbashi-court-detail-18x10.webp 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p>Both paddles and shoes are available to borrow. Shoe fitting runs from 22.5 cm to 30.0 cm, and you can try on competition models such as the GAME FF PICKLEBALL and the SOLUTION SPEED FF 4. Moving in shoes built for pickleball feels different from your own trainers in how well they stop you sideways. The whole picture, an equipment maker opening the door for free, is concentrated right here.<\/p>\n\n<h2>Asics, five years into its US push, brings one court down into the city<\/h2>\n<p>Asics has run a pickleball business in the United States since 2021. This project is its first urban court bringing what it learned as an equipment maker in a sport that grew fast across America back to Japan. Experience built overseas is being opened to the general public in a place as symbolic as Nihonbashi.<\/p>\n<p>\u5e38\u8a2d\u65bd\u8a2d\u306e\u6574\u5099\u3082\u540c\u6642\u306b\u9032\u3093\u3067\u3044\u308b\u3002\u8c4a\u6d32\u306e\u30c9\u30c3\u30b0\u30d1\u30fc\u30af\u5185\u306b\u306f\u5c4b\u59164\u9762\u306e\u5e38\u8a2d\u30d4\u30c3\u30af\u30eb\u5834\u304c\u958b\u696d\u3057\u3066\u304a\u308a(<a href=\"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/news\/toyosu-pickleball-park\/\">\u8c4a\u6d32\u306e\u30c9\u30c3\u30b0\u30d1\u30fc\u30af\u5185\u306b\u5c4b\u59164\u9762\u306e\u30d4\u30c3\u30af\u30eb\u30dc\u30fc\u30eb\u5e38\u8a2d\u30b3\u30fc\u30c8\u30019\u67089\u65e5\u958b\u696d<\/a>), and a shopping complex in Inagi now has Japan's first permanent indoor court where you can hit while out shopping (<a href=\"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/news\/picklek-mall-court\/\">Pickleball on the shopping trip: Japan's first permanent indoor courts inside a mall open in Inagi<\/a>). Property companies supplying the place and, here, an equipment maker supplying the gear and the experience look like different moves, but both are building the same entry point.<\/p>\n\n<h2>How many people can one court on 10-minute turns handle in a day<\/h2>\n<p>One court on 10-minute turns is generous for a free opening. Weekdays run five hours and weekends and holidays eight, with up to 10 people per turn. On simple arithmetic that means around 30 groups cycling through on a weekday and around 48 on a weekend or holiday, and cutting turns to five minutes when busy raises the throughput further. Line the numbers up and several thousand people in total could pick up a paddle for the first time over the 10 days.<\/p>\n\n<table class=\"has-fixed-layout\">\n<tr><th>Item<\/th><th>Details<\/th><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Venues<\/td><td>Fukutoku no Mori (2-5-10 Nihonbashi Muromachi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo)<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Period<\/td><td>10 days, September 18 to September 27, 2026<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Hours<\/td><td>Weekdays 16:00-21:00 \/ weekends and holidays 13:00-21:00<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Entry Fee<\/td><td>Free (no booking, first come first served on the day)<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Rental<\/td><td>Paddles and shoes (22.5-30.0 cm)<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Courts<\/td><td>1 court \/ 10-minute turns (5 minutes when busy) \/ up to 10 people per turn<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n<h2>How the setup keeps beginners from leaving after one go<\/h2>\n<p>\u30d4\u30c3\u30af\u30eb\u30dc\u30fc\u30eb\u306e\u6577\u5c45\u306e\u4f4e\u3055\u306f\u3001\u30b3\u30fc\u30c8\u304c\u30c6\u30cb\u30b9\u306e\u7d043\u5206\u306e1\u3067\u3001\u30dc\u30fc\u30eb\u304c\u7a74\u3042\u304d\u30d7\u30e9\u30b9\u30c1\u30c3\u30af\u306e\u305f\u3081\u98db\u3073\u3059\u304e\u306a\u3044\u70b9\u306b\u3042\u308b\u3002\u30e9\u30ea\u30fc\u304c\u7d9a\u304d\u3084\u3059\u304f\u3001\u521d\u5bfe\u9762\u540c\u58eb\u3067\u308210\u5206\u3067\u6253\u3061\u5408\u3044\u304c\u6210\u7acb\u3059\u308b\u3002\u5f53\u6642\u306e\u4f01\u753b\u304c10\u5206\u3068\u3044\u3046\u77ed\u3044\u533a\u5207\u308a\u3092\u7f6e\u3044\u305f\u306e\u306f\u3001\u5f85\u3061\u6642\u9593\u3092\u6e1b\u3089\u3057\u3066\u300c\u3082\u3046\u4e00\u56de\u3084\u308a\u305f\u3044\u300d\u3092\u5f15\u304d\u51fa\u3059\u72d9\u3044\u3068\u91cd\u306a\u308b\u3002<\/p>\n<p>Among players there is a persistent view that how much fun someone takes home from a first taster session decides whether they stick with the sport. One women's taster session with 60 places drew more than 1,000 applicants (<a href=\"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/news\/oggi-pickleball-challenge\/\">Over 1,000 applicants for 60 places: the numbers behind Oggi's taster session and women's interest<\/a>), so demand at the entry point clearly outstrips supply. Free, empty-handed and no booking: those three together are a mechanism for not letting that demand slip away.<\/p>\n\n<h2>If an equipment maker owns the entry point, the first paddle is its own brand<\/h2>\n<p>When an equipment maker opens a free court itself, the first paddle and the first pair of shoes a beginner touches carry that brand. Fitting know-how built up in tennis and running can be carried across to a sport that has only just taken off. As the playing population grows, so does the market for a new category of sport-specific shoes, which makes investment in the entry point an investment in future sales.<\/p>\n<p>\u73fe\u5834\u3067\u306f\u4e09\u3064\u306e\u5c64\u304c\u898b\u8fbc\u307e\u308c\u305f\u3002\u4e00\u3064\u76ee\u306f\u8fd1\u96a3\u3067\u50cd\u304f\u4f1a\u793e\u54e1\u3067\u3001\u4ed5\u4e8b\u5e30\u308a\u306e\u77ed\u6642\u9593\u904b\u52d5\u3068\u3057\u3066\u4f7f\u3046\u5c64\u3002\u4e8c\u3064\u76ee\u306f\u7528\u5177\u306e\u8cb7\u3044\u66ff\u3048\u3092\u691c\u8a0e\u3059\u308b\u65e2\u5b58\u611b\u597d\u8005\u3067\u3001\u65b0\u4f5c\u3092\u8a66\u3057\u5c65\u304d\u3059\u308b\u5834\u3068\u3057\u3066\u4f7f\u3046\u5c64\u3002\u4e09\u3064\u76ee\u306fSNS\u306b\u5199\u771f\u3092\u4e0a\u3052\u308b\u5c64\u3067\u3001\u30d5\u30a9\u30c8\u30b9\u30dd\u30c3\u30c8\u306e\u8a2d\u7f6e\u306f\u3053\u306e\u62e1\u6563\u3092\u7e54\u308a\u8fbc\u3093\u3067\u3044\u305f\u3002\u7121\u6599\u958b\u653e\u306f\u96c6\u5ba2\u30a4\u30d9\u30f3\u30c8\u3067\u3042\u308b\u3068\u540c\u6642\u306b\u3001\u30d6\u30e9\u30f3\u30c9\u60f3\u8d77\u3092\u8857\u306a\u304b\u306b\u5237\u308a\u8fbc\u3080\u8ca9\u4fc3\u3067\u3082\u3042\u308b\u3002<\/p>\n\n<h2>\u5f53\u6642\u306e\u5229\u7528\u60c5\u5831\u3068\u78ba\u8a8d\u65b9\u6cd5<\/h2>\n<p>\u5f53\u65e5\u5148\u7740\u5236\u3060\u3063\u305f\u305f\u3081\u3001\u5e73\u65e5\u306f\u958b\u5834\u76f4\u5f8c\u306e16\u6642\u53f0\u3001\u571f\u65e5\u795d\u306f\u663c\u904e\u304e\u306e\u6df7\u307f\u5408\u3046\u524d\u304c\u72d9\u3044\u76ee\u3068\u3055\u308c\u3066\u3044\u305f\u3002\u6301\u3061\u7269\u306f\u57fa\u672c\u7684\u306b\u4e0d\u8981\u3060\u304c\u3001\u6c57\u3092\u304b\u304f\u305f\u3081\u7740\u66ff\u3048\u3084\u30bf\u30aa\u30eb\u306f\u3042\u308b\u3068\u5b89\u5fc3\u3060\u3063\u305f\u3002\u30b7\u30e5\u30fc\u30ba\u306f\u8db3\u306e\u30b5\u30a4\u30ba\u3092\u4f1d\u3048\u308c\u3070\u30d5\u30a3\u30c3\u30c6\u30a3\u30f3\u30b0\u3057\u3066\u3082\u3089\u3048\u305f\u3002\u5c0f\u5b66\u751f\u4ee5\u4e0b\u3092\u9023\u308c\u308b\u5834\u5408\u306f\u4fdd\u8b77\u8005\u306e\u540c\u4f34\u304c\u6761\u4ef6\u3060\u3063\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n\n<h2>\u8857\u4e2d\u3067\u306e\u5165\u53e3\u3065\u304f\u308a\u3001\u305d\u306e\u5f8c<\/h2>\n<p>\u59cb\u3081\u305f\u3044\u4eba\u306b\u3068\u3063\u3066\u3001\u5f53\u6642\u7121\u6599\u3067\u30d1\u30c9\u30eb\u3068\u30b7\u30e5\u30fc\u30ba\u307e\u3067\u501f\u308a\u3089\u308c\u305f10\u65e5\u9593\u306f\u3001\u9053\u5177\u3092\u8cb7\u3046\u524d\u306b\u7af6\u6280\u304c\u81ea\u5206\u306b\u5408\u3046\u304b\u3092\u898b\u6975\u3081\u308b\u6a5f\u4f1a\u3060\u3063\u305f\u3002\u540c\u50da\u3084\u5bb6\u65cf\u3068\u6700\u592710\u540d\u306e\u67a0\u3067\u4e88\u5b9a\u3092\u5408\u308f\u305b\u3001\u5e73\u65e5\u591c\u304b\u9023\u4f11\u306e\u663c\u306b\u7acb\u3064\u3064\u3082\u308a\u3060\u3063\u305f\u4eba\u3082\u591a\u304b\u3063\u305f\u306f\u305a\u3060\u3002\u3053\u306e\u30a4\u30d9\u30f3\u30c8\u306e\u5b9f\u969b\u306e\u958b\u50ac\u72b6\u6cc1\u3084\u53c2\u52a0\u5b9f\u7e3e\u306b\u3064\u3044\u3066\u306f\u3001\u30a2\u30b7\u30c3\u30af\u30b9\u516c\u5f0f\u306e\u767a\u8868\u8cc7\u6599\u3067\u78ba\u8a8d\u3067\u304d\u308b\u3002\u307e\u305f\u3001\u3053\u306e\u30a4\u30d9\u30f3\u30c8\u3092\u901a\u3058\u3066\u7af6\u6280\u3092\u59cb\u3081\u305f\u4eba\u306f\u3001\u8c4a\u6d32\u3084\u7a32\u57ce\u306e\u5e38\u8a2d\u30b3\u30fc\u30c8\u3078\u8db3\u3092\u904b\u3093\u3067\u7d9a\u3051\u308b\u5c0e\u7dda\u304c\u7528\u610f\u3055\u308c\u3066\u3044\u308b\u3002\u8857\u306e\u5e83\u5834\u3067\u63e1\u3063\u305f\u4e00\u672c\u3092\u3001\u6b21\u306e\u4e00\u6b69\u3078\u3064\u306a\u3052\u308b\u304d\u3063\u304b\u3051\u3068\u306a\u3063\u305f\u304b\u306f\u3001\u53c2\u52a0\u8005\u306e\u4f53\u9a13\u3092\u901a\u3058\u3066\u5224\u65ad\u3067\u304d\u308b\u3060\u308d\u3046\u3002<\/p>\n\n<p>Sources:<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/prtimes.jp\/main\/html\/rd\/p\/000000325.000020802.html\">ASICS PICKLEBALL CONNECT announcement (PR TIMES \/ ASICS Japan)<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asics opens an urban pickleball court at Fukutoku no Mori in Nihonbashi for 10 days from September 18. Paddles and shoes are free to borrow and no booking is needed. 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