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Tokyo Dome City

Jun 10, 08 Comments

Tokyo Dome City is a large entertainment complex in central Tokyo.

It includes the world's largest roofed baseball stadium known as Tokyo Dome, an amusement park known as Tokyo Dome City Attractions, and Korakuen Hall. There's also a spa resort known as LaQua and the Tokyo Dome Hotel.

Below are the major attractions of Tokyo Dome City and surroundings:

Tokyo Dome, seating 55,000, is the home stadium of the Yomiuri Giants and Nippon Ham, two professional baseball teams. Concerts, festivals and other events are held in the stadium when there are no games.

LaQua is a highly popular relaxation oasis in the center of busy Tokyo, featuring real hot spring pools, saunas, relaxation space and various massage and beauty services. The hot spring water is brought to the surface from a depth of more than one kilometer.

Tokyo Dome City Attractions is an amusement park featuring various rides and entertainment facilities. Among the main attractions are the Thunder Dolphin roller coaster which reaches speeds of 130 km/h, a ferris wheel, a hanging type roller coaster named the Linear Gale and the Tower Hacker, which drops people from a height of 80 meters.

Tokyo Dome Hotel, which consists of 43 floors and 1006 guest rooms. The rooms on the upper floors and the restaurant on the hotel's top floor offer great views of the city.

Koishikawa Korakuen is a beautiful Japanese landscape garden, representing famous Japanese and Chinese sceneries in miniature. The park is not part of Tokyo Dome City, but located only a short walk from it.