Stadium sights in Tokyo
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Tokyo Dome City
Tokyo Dome is home to Japan's favourite baseball team, the Yomiuri Giants, and its surrounding 'city' features a wide variety of attractions, including Kōrakuen Amusement Park, known for its old-school roller-coaster, which thunders through Tokyo's core.
Also on the grounds is Spa LaQua, which offers an inner-city onsen experience, where you can bathe in spacious luxury while gazing out over the infinite expanse of concrete and neon. Of particular interest are the colour therapy suites (which supposedly help with rejuvenation) and the trippy aquarium room where you can sit and gaze at alienlike jellyfish pulsing around their blue-tinted world. Just remember – no tattoos a…
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Jingū Baseball Stadium
Home to the Yakult Swallows, Tokyo’s number two team, Jingū Baseball Stadium was originally built in 1926. When not hosting Yakult Swallows games, the baseball stadium is sometimes used for high-profile Little League and intercollegiate championships. You can buy tickets from the booth in front of the stadium; outfield tickets can cost as little as ¥1500.
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Nihon Budōkan
Westerners know the 14,000-plus-seat Budōkan as Tokyo's legendary concert hall for big acts from the Beatles to Beck, but it was originally built as the site of martial arts championships (judō, karate, kendō, aikidō) for the 1964 Olympics (budō means 'martial arts'). These arts are still practised and exhibited here today.
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National Stadium
Completed in 1958 and used as one of the primary venues for the 1964 Olympics, National Stadium now hosts the annual Toyota Cup (November or December) and other international soccer events.
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