Currently, yours truly is spending his vacation in Japan. The first four days are spent in Tokyo. Today several visits were planned. One of them was the Tokyo Dome, in order to buy two caps (one for myself and one for a friend of mine) of the Yomiuri Giants.
When my wife and I arrived at the Tokyo Dome, a.k.a. as the Big Egg, I was struck with awe. Not that the stadium is that beautiful, but I always had the wish to see it myself.
EventuallyI acquired three (!) caps, the two aforementioned plus a cap called Yomiuri Giants New Era 3rd Black Pro Collection LP 59FIFTY Cap. Even though it has the authentic NPB logo on the back, I don’t think it is an official game cap as the bottom of the visor has some black/grey camo pattern on it. But I liked it nevertheless and thus bought it.
After I visited the New Era shop, I went into the Nike shop with some slim hope I could buy an authentic Giants on field jersey. But 350 Euros is an hefty price tag.
Then I prepared to go to the Imperial Gardens but my wife took me to the Japanese Baseball Museum and Hall of Fame, located in the Tokyo Dome (I am married to the best wife in the world). This was a great experience. A nice museum with items from the very start of Japanese baseball in the late nineteenth century to nowadays items. The Hall of Fame was nice to see, but eventhough I like Japanese and Asian baseball, I am unfamiliar with most of the players and officials inducted to the Japanese Baseball HOF. The only player I really know is Sadaharu Oh.
Here is a lengthy photo impression of the outside of the ballpark, the shops and the Japanese Baseball Museum/HOF. I hope you like it.
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