Tokyo Dome

I will now introduce you to the Tokyo Dome.

Tokyo Dome is a baseball stadium.
The Yomiuri Giants which is the most popular Japanese professional baseball team uses Tokyo Dome as the home-stand.

Tokyo Dome was opened on 1988 as the first dome stadium in Japan.
If it is raining, the baseball games cannot be held inside a roofless stadium but in the Tokyo dome the game can be played even if it rains.

Tokyo dome is used not only for baseball but also for various events such as concerts and exhibitions.


I took this picture in November 2006.
On this day, the game was played between selected major baseball league players and selected Japanese professional players.
From the major league, top players earning over 10 million dollars joined this game.
The people lined up for three hours before the playball to watch the game.



This was taken inside the Tokyo Dome.
The green part is the turf.
The height from the ground to the roof is about 62 meters.







The pictures of musicians who have played in the Tokyo Dome are displayed in the hall.

Not only Japanese pop musicians but also international musicians such as Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney performed at Tokyo Dome.





This is the map showing the whole Tokyo Dome.
There are a lot of facilities such as an amusement park,a hotel, a shopping center, restaurants and a bowling center.







I took the picture of the merry-go-round from the shopping center.









This is the shopping center. This picture was taken in November so perhaps the decorations were for Christmas.









This is the roller coaster.
The max height is 80 meters and the max speed is 130km/h.
The fare is 1000 yen (about 10 dollars).








The coaster goes through the building.










This is the Tokyo Dome Hotel. It takes only a few minutes to walk from Tokyo Dome to this hotel.
The height of this hotel is 155 meters.









This is a night view of Tokyo Dome.










The tree is decorated by lights.