What are the most popular sports where you live? In Japan, baseball and football are the two most popular sports across the country. Yokohama City is no exception. A professional baseball and a professional football team are based in this large city. To promote sport and sport watching, two professional sport teams currently tie-up with railway companies.
Let's see examples. The top photo is "Yokohama DeNA Baystars" train of Yokohama Minatomirai Railway. Yokohama DeNA Baystars is a professional baseball team based in the city. This team plays games at Yokohama Stadium near Nihon-Odori station on the Minatomirai line. To promote the game watching, Yokohama Minatomirai Railway operates the special poster train from March 27th using set Y515 of the EMU Y500 series. You can see large photos of popular players belonging to Yokohama DeNA Baystars on the side bodies of this train. This poster train is directly operated onto the Tokyu-Toyoko, Tokyo Metro-Fukutoshin, Tobu-Tojo and the Seibu-Ikebukuro lines.
On the other hand, the photo below is "F. Marinos Sport Park" train on the Keikyu line. F. Marinos is a professional football team based in the city. This team recently opened rental futsal (5-man football) grounds, rental meeting rooms and a restaurant in F. Marinos Sport Park near Kurihama station on the Keikyu line. To promote this sport park, Keikyu operated the special poster train from June 5th to August 6th using set 2133 of the EMU 2100 series. F. Marinos's team colors, namely red blue and white, very much fit the train.
"F. Marinos Sport Park" train travels on the Keikyu line