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Spectator Sports
Tokyo Dome ( Click here )
Getting There
Train The JR Sōbu Line stops at Iidabashi. Rapid-service JR Chūō Line trains,
which use the same track, skip Iidabashi but stop at Suidōbashi.
Subway The Tōzai Line is the most convenient, stopping at Kagurazaka, Iida-
bashi, Kudanshita and Takebashi. The Ōedo, Yūrakuchō and Namboku Lines also
stop at Iidabashi; The Hanzōmon Line stops at Kudanshita and Jimbōcho.
The Sights in a Day
Take the train to Iidabashi and head to Koishikawa Kōrakuen ( Click
here ) to enjoy the early morning light though the leaves. Then stroll over
to Canal Café ( Click here ) for an al fresco lunch along the outer moat of the Im-
perial Palace.
After lunch, head down to the shrine to Japan's war dead, Yasukuni-jinja
( Click here ). If history is your thing, check out the Yūshū-kan ( Click
here ) , a war museum with a particular view of history, or the National Shōwa Me-
morial Museum ( Click here ), which depicts the life of ordinary Japanese during
WWII. Otherwise, trace the rise of modern art in Japan at the excellent National
Museum of Modern Art ( Click here ) . In the late afternoon, hop on the subway for
Kagurazaka ( Click here ) to see shadows lengthen along the neighbourhood's at-
mospheric cobblestone streets.
For dinner, feast on traditional Japanese home-cooking and sake at Kado
( Click here ) . You could spend a pleasant evening in a cafe or bar here such
as Beer Bar Bitter ( Click here ). Or, if you're feeling ambitious, catch a baseball
game at Tokyo Dome ( Click here ) or a concert at the Nippon Budōkan ( Click
here ) .
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