Day 2 - baseball

We woke up at 5am local time, 6am for us. We made the spur of the moment decision to catch the 6am hotel bus back to the airport. Here we grabbed a 7-11 breakfast then headed for the 6:31 train. This was a local train that would take 2hrs. However at Kesei-Sakura station I noticed people exiting and going across the platform, a quick google search showed the rapid express was connecting, so we crossed the platform and jumped on the train that would save us 40mins of travel time. It arrived at 7:47am into Ueno.

We transferred to the oeno line and rode 2 stops to Kasuga station, then we stashed the bags in a locker and went to see Tokyo Dome. We scoped out the area, but it being 8:30am it was too early for anything to be open. We strolled around, then decided to head to a Book off to see if they had any Giants merch, we rode the metro back the 2 stations, and hit up a 7-11 for a drink and ice-cream. We wandered to Ueno Park to eat these, while we waited until 10am for the store to open. We strolled back through Ameyokocho market area. Found jerseys at Book off but none suitable.

We headed back to Kasuga and stopped at a 7-11 for baseball snacks. Then made our way to Tokyo Dome. Now things were open we went to some of the shops where hubby got a Giants cap. Then we headed to Shake Shack at 11:30 for hubby to have a burger GF with no bun.

We entered the stadium at just after 12 and made our way around looking at all the food options. We then went to our seats. The pre game warm up was on. Then the match began and the 3 hour game saw the Tokyo Giants win over the Yokohama Baystars. It was an interesting atmosphere with each teams side singing and chanting and playing music throughout. I ate some yakisoba for lunch and had an ice cream.

After the game ended, we decided to go and see the Asakusa Matsuri festival as we were close by. So we headed to Asakusa and decided to go up the Tourist office for a high view. We stayed up there and watch the groups wrestle the floats down the street. They had the streets all cordoned off and there were a lot of people there. About 7pm we headed out of there, just as three fire trucks came in.

By the time we got back to Yokohama it was after 9pm. We had combini food for dinner and went to bed.Read more