baseball game at Tokyo Dome

Last night Luhan`s aunt and cousin took us to a baseball game in the evening. This is something that I wanted to do while in Japan because I know that the Japanese are crazy about baseball and have a baseball league that actually dates back before world war two. This is the only baseball league in Asia with a solid history.

Tokyo Dome is smack dab in the city and pretty much resembles any other dome stadium in America. Unfortunately since we didn`t plan in advance we could only get standing tickets which were about ten dollars a pop. After scurrying around for a bit we were able to position ourselves in right field with a pretty good view. I must say, it was tough standing for an entire baseball game, and of course it had to go to twelve innings. Overall, the Giants and Tigers produced a pretty low action game, but it was entertaining. The "beer here!" folks that we see at American baseball games were fairly young Japanese girls and they carried a mini keg of beer on their back so that they could serve draft beers rather than cans.

Right beside the stadium is this enormous rollar coaster which goes around and then through a building. We rode it after the game and I thought that I was going to die during the initial drop. You get this amazing view of Tokyo for about 3 seconds, then...

I turned 30 today here in Tokyo! Don't chuckle because you'll be there soon, if you haven't already passed.