Sansan opens Tokyo's first big pickleball centre in Ikebukuro, with ASICS as partner
The business-card software company Sansan has opened what it calls Tokyo's first large dedicated pickleball facility — seven courts across three floors of an Ikebukuro building — and signed ASICS as official partner, renting out the shoes so players can turn up empty-handed.

Sansan opened "Sansan Pickleball Court Ikebukuro" on 10 July, calling it Tokyo's first large dedicated pickleball facility, and named the sportswear maker ASICS its official partner. ASICS will supply rental shoes on site, the two said, so visitors can arrive empty-handed and still play a full game.