basic information

Tokyo Dome City is a leisure complex in central Tokyo consisting of the Tokyo Dome baseball stadium, an amusement park, the LaQua spa, a variety of shops and restaurants and Tokyo Dome Hotel.

The amusement complex used to be known as Korakuen, named after the former baseball stadium, which in turn was named after nearby Japanese landscape garden Koishikawa Korakuen.

Tokyo Dome City experienced a boost in popularity when LaQua, an indoor spa complex with real hot spring water, was opened in 2003.

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

	Tokyo Dome 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. Tokyo Dome, nicknamed "Big Egg", was completed in 1988 and replaced the former Korakuen Stadium.
Hours and entrance fees depend on the specific events.

	LaQua Opened in 2003, 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.
Open daily from 11:00 to 9:00 in the next morning. Admission: 2565 yen. There are extra charges for the "Healing Baden" section (315 yen), on weekends and holidays (315 yen) and after midnight (1890 yen).

	Tokyo Dome City Attractions This 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, dropping riders from a height of 80 meters.
Daily from 10:00 to 22:00. Admission ranges from 200 to 1000 yen per ride depending on the attraction. A one-day free pass costs 3000 yen.

	Tokyo Dome Hotel Opened in June 2000, the Tokyo Dome Hotel 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. The hotel includes ten restaurants and bars, several banquet rooms and a broad range of business and leisure facilities.
The restaurant on the top floor is open from 11:30 to 23:00. The regular rates for guest rooms start at around 19,000 yen for single rooms and at around 24,000 yen for double rooms. More details.

	Koishikawa Korakuen Koishikawa Korakuen is a beautiful Japanese landscape garden, representing famous Japanese and Chinese sceneries in miniature. It dates from the early Edo Period and is enjoyable during all four seasons of the year. Koishikawa Korakuen is not part of Tokyo Dome City, but located only a short walk from it.
Open daily from 9:00 to 17:00, except from December 29 to January 1. Admission: 300 yen.

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how to get there

Tokyo Dome City is best accessed from Suidobashi Station on the JR Chuo Line (only the yellow local trains stop there) or from Korakuen Station (served by the Marunouchi and Namboku Subway Lines). Directly adjacent to Korakuen Station is also Kasuga Station (served by the Oedo and Mita Subway Lines).

From Tokyo Station:
8 minutes and 160 Yen by Marunouchi Subway Line or 10 minutes and 150 Yen by JR Chuo Line with a transfer from the orange rapid service to the yellow local service at Ochanomizu Station.

From Shinjuku Station:
15 minutes and 160 Yen by yellow JR Chuo Line or 12 minutes and 210 Yen by Oedo Subway Line from Shinjuku Nishiguchi Station.

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21st of 49 most visited sights in Tokyo.
38th of 554 most visited sights nationwide.

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