{"id":34491,"date":"2023-12-11T20:19:55","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T12:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/?p=34491"},"modified":"2026-03-11T09:58:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T01:58:28","slug":"day-04-tokyo-tokyo-dome-city-and-winter-illumination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2023\/12\/11\/day-04-tokyo-tokyo-dome-city-and-winter-illumination\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 04 @ Tokyo \u2013 Tokyo Dome City and Winter Illumination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During our 2019 visit to Tokyo, we visited just one winter illumination spot in the city. This trip, we made a more conscious effort to find out where the winter illumination light-ups were and populated our evening itinerary with as many spots as possible. The first we visited was at Tokyo Dome City, which is just a short 5 minute walk from our hotel. <strong>Tokyo Dome City<\/strong> is a huge complex that houses the Tokyo Dome indoor sports stadium, various retail and dining establishments, and the LaQua shopping mall. The place also isn&#8217;t nearly as congested as the other popular retail and commercial areas of Tokyo, so we were able to easily find a table at Ippudo Ramen &#8211; the kids were craving their first ramen in Japan &#8211; then spent the evening exploring the area and also visiting the winter light-up spot.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34492\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34492\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-20231211_165050.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34492\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-20231211_165050.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-20231211_165050.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-20231211_165050-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-20231211_165050-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-20231211_165050-731x522.jpg 731w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-20231211_165050-240x171.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34492\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A roller coaster track overhead at Dome City.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-20231211_165310.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34493\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-20231211_165310.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-20231211_165310.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-20231211_165310-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-20231211_165310-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-20231211_165310-731x522.jpg 731w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-20231211_165310-240x171.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34494\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34494\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-20231211_165843.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34494\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-20231211_165843.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-20231211_165843.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-20231211_165843-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-20231211_165843-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-20231211_165843-731x522.jpg 731w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-20231211_165843-240x171.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34494\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ippudo Ramen!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34495\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34495\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-20231211_175523.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-20231211_175523.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-20231211_175523.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-20231211_175523-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-20231211_175523-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-20231211_175523-731x522.jpg 731w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-20231211_175523-240x171.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34495\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Starbucks outlet is located on the second floor.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-20231211_181246.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34496\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-20231211_181246.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-20231211_181246.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-20231211_181246-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-20231211_181246-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-20231211_181246-731x522.jpg 731w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-20231211_181246-240x171.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34497\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34497\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-A6_01473.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34497\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-A6_01473.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-A6_01473.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-A6_01473-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-A6_01473-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-A6_01473-731x522.jpg 731w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-A6_01473-240x171.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34497\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Musical water fountain on display.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-A6_01484.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34498\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-A6_01484.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-A6_01484.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-A6_01484-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-A6_01484-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-A6_01484-731x522.jpg 731w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-A6_01484-240x171.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-A6_01487.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34499\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-A6_01487.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-A6_01487.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-A6_01487-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-A6_01487-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-A6_01487-731x522.jpg 731w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-A6_01487-240x171.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-A6_01491.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-A6_01491.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-A6_01491.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-A6_01491-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-A6_01491-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-A6_01491-731x522.jpg 731w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-A6_01491-240x171.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-A6_01494.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34501\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-A6_01494.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"571\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-A6_01494.jpg 571w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-A6_01494-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-A6_01494-240x336.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-A6_01497.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34502\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-A6_01497.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"571\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-A6_01497.jpg 571w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-A6_01497-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-A6_01497-240x336.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s a wrap for Day 04. We&#8217;re off to Enoshima Island tomorrow, so more to come very soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During our 2019 visit to Tokyo, we visited just one winter illumination spot in the city. This trip, we made a more conscious effort to find out where the winter illumination light-ups were and populated our evening itinerary with as<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-read-more\"><a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2023\/12\/11\/day-04-tokyo-tokyo-dome-city-and-winter-illumination\/\">Read More<span class=\"cleanwp-sr-only\">  Day 04 @ Tokyo \u2013 Tokyo Dome City and Winter Illumination<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34500,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[677],"class_list":["post-34491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-traveling","tag-chubu-kanto-japan-2023","wpcat-17-id"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/blog-2023-japan-day-04-A6_01491.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34491"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38249,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34491\/revisions\/38249"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}