Baseball legend Sadaharu Oh will soon have his own museum.
The Sadaharu Oh Baseball Museum will open on July 3 in the outfield concourse at Fukuoka Yahoo Dome where Oh spent 15 years as manager of the Softbank Hawks.
"I hope it's a museum where people, especially young people, will be inspired," Oh said at a news conference Wednesday.
The museum will feature many interactive exhibits like batting machines and will show footage of Oh's historic 756th home run that surpassed Hank Aaron's major league record of 755.
"Sadaharu Oh is a treasure of the international baseball world and we wanted to build a museum that would capture the spirit of his illustrious career," said Softbank owner Masayoshi Son.
Oh, 69, hit a record 868 home runs over 22 seasons when he played for the Yomiuri Giants, helping his team win nine straight Japan Series championships between 1965-73.