Overview | Seating Guide | Tickets | Food Guide | Cheer Culture | Directions
Club Overview
Shimizu S-Pulse are based in Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka City, founded in 1991 as an unusual original J.League club — built from Shizuoka-born players rather than converted from a company team. Their home, IAI Stadium Nihondaira, holds about 20,000.
Seating Guide
Besides the Main/Back stands (reserved seating on the east side), the goal-end areas here have actual seats and a roof — unusual for J.League, where standing terraces are the norm.
Tickets
Official tickets can be purchased through the English-language “S-PULSE TICKET” site.
This site is mainly in Japanese — here's how to get through it
- On the ticket site, click your desired match date.
- Choose a seating zone — pricing for each zone is shown directly on the site.
- Sign up or log in, then pick your seat and complete the payment.
- Some clubs check ID against the buyer's name at entry, so bring your passport along with the ticket.
Tip: in Chrome, right-click the page and choose "Translate to English" to read button labels instantly.
Food Guide
Around the stadium you’ll find a variety of restaurants. Check the button below for a real, location-based list.
Cheer Culture
The central goal-end zone, nicknamed the “Dragon Zone,” features Brazilian-style samba rhythms and Latin percussion — a distinctive feature among J.League supporter cultures. Their best-ever finish was J1 runner-up (1999); as Shizuoka is nicknamed the “homeland of Japanese football,” the in-prefecture rivalry with Jubilo Iwata is well known.