Dodgermania is alive and well in Tokyo as the Dodgers prepare to play their first regular season games in Japan in franchise history against the Chicago Cubs. Touching down at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport,

The Dodgers don’t start the season until next week, but fans are already showing up in Tokyo. Thousands came to the Tokyo Dome to watch the team’s first practice. Mark E. Potts is the senior editor for video at the Los Angeles Times.

Hundreds of baseball fans lined up at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport with the hope of catching a glimpse of Shohei Ohtani as the superstar arrived with his team, the Los Angeles Dodgers, on Thursday (March 13).