Cheer with Respect: Tochigi City’s Guide to Spectator Etiquette for Home Games
Watching Home Games at CITY FOOTBALL STATION: Rules and Etiquette
Thank you for your continued support for Tochigi City Football. As we strive to be promoted to the J3 League, we are working to create a stadium that is comfortable and enjoyable for all visitors.
We are grateful for the increasing number of fans attending our home games, with an average attendance of 1,804 people as of our last game on September 7. We appreciate your enthusiasm and look forward to welcoming you to CITY FOOTBALL STATION.
Our stadium offers a unique experience, with stands located just 5 meters away from the pitch. To ensure a safe and enjoyable experience for all, we kindly request that you observe the following rules and etiquette when watching our home games.
Prohibited Matters
- Throwing things onto the field
- Entering the field
- Running in the stadium
- Watching with umbrellas in the stands
- Violence
- Discriminatory, insulting or offensive behavior
- Standing on the seats and blocking the aisles
- Bringing pets
- Use of large flags in away unreserved seats
- Smoking in the stands and spectator seats
- Disrupting the progress of the match
What You Can Bring into the Stadium
- Umbrellas (please refrain from watching or walking with an umbrella)
- Water bottles, ice packs, plastic or aluminum lunch boxes
- Cameras and telephoto lenses (personally owned and permitted as long as they do not disturb other customers)
- Tripods (not allowed to extend beyond your seat area or in the aisles)
- Strollers (please keep them under your control inside the stadium)
Items That Cannot Be Brought into the Stadium
- Bottles and cans
- Dangerous items such as fireworks and smoke bombs
- Dangerous items such as guns, blades, knives, scissors, metal rods, dry ice, etc.
- Poisonous substances, hazardous substances, drugs, oils (gasoline, kerosene, etc.)
- Display items such as bulletin boards, signs, banners, etc. that evoke slander, libel, or political or religious ideas
- Laser pointers, whistles, trumpets, cheer horns, balsa horns, vuvuzelas, and other noisemakers that may disrupt the game
- Confetti and paper tape
- Stepladders (if used for the purpose of directing cheering, the number and size of stepladders may be limited and they may be allowed to be brought in)
- Audio equipment such as speakers and amplifiers
- Any item that the club judges to be disruptive to the running and progress of the match, or to be a nuisance or danger to others.
Please note that if any prohibited behavior or behavior that poses a security risk is observed, you may be asked to leave the venue or refused entry to future matches.
