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Photos: Dodger Blue overtakes Tokyo for season-opening series - Los Angeles Times

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People line up outside a store.

People line up outside a New Balance Harajuku to purchase special edition Shohei Ohtani shoes early Saturday morning. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

TOKYO — The Dodgers have transformed into Japan’s MLB team after signing Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Roki Sasaki the last two seasons. All the glitz of the Dodger’s Hollywood roster came to Tokyo, marking a second straight year the Dodgers have opened their season in Asia.

Times staff photographer Robert Gauthier offers a glimpse of what the Dodgers’ Tokyo trip has looked like, where the city flowed with Dodger blue.

Thousands gather in Haneda Airport terminal 3
LA Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani enters the field at the Tokyo Dome for a workout ahead of this weeks MLB Tokyo Series 2025.
Thousands of fans wave at Shoehei Ohtani.
Electronic billboard spanning nearly a city block features advertising starring Shohei Ohtani near the Tokyo Dome.
Cardboard cutouts of Dodgers players.

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Dodgers fans try on caps at the official MLB Tokyo Series 2025 souvenir store.

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The omnipresent Shohei Ohtani is projected on billboards throughout central Tokyo.

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A security officer guards the entrance to the Tokyo Dome field as workouts begin for The LA Dodgers.

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People view a pop up Shohei Ohtani museum at the New Balance Harajuku store early Saturday morning.

Dodgers fans try on caps at the official MLB Tokyo Series 2025 souvenir store. The omnipresent Shohei Ohtani is projected on billboards throughout central Tokyo. A security officer guards the entrance to the Tokyo Dome field as workouts begin for The LA Dodgers. People view a pop up Shohei Ohtani museum at the New Balance Harajuku store early Saturday morning.

Miguel Rojas takes a selfie with the members of J-Pop ttrio MiSaMo who threw out the ceremonial first pitch.
Tokyo Dome grounds crews apply the finishing touches to home plate.
Fans arrive early to watch the LA Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs play the first game of the season.
Koki Yamaguch corrals his boys, Hataka, 3, and Kyoji, 1, as they scurry around the Tokyo Dome.
Fans along the third base line crane to take photos of Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani.

Fans along the third base line crane to take photos of Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani as vigilant ushers wearing batting helmets look on.

Shohei Ohtani is introduced as the LA Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs play the first game of the season.
The LA Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs play the first game of the season at the MLB Tokyo Series 2025.
A young pitcher prepares to throw a poem on ball during opening ceremonies at the MLB Tokyo Series 2025, in the Tokyo Dome.

Robert Gauthier has been with the Los Angeles Times since 1994. He was the photographer for a project detailing the failings of an L.A. public hospital that won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for public service. Before The Times, Gauthier worked at the San Diego Union-Tribune, the Escondido Times-Advocate and the Bernardo News in San Diego County, his hometown.

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