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Tōkyō Dōmu is an indoor stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. It was designed as a Ballpark following its predecessor, Korakuen Stadium (whose former site is now occupied by the Tokyo Dome Hotel and a plaza for this stadium). In Japan, it is often used as a unit of size; for example, "the new construction is five times the size of Tokyo Dome."
Tokyo Dome's original nickname was "The Big Egg", with some calling it the "Tokyo Big Egg".Haberman, Clyde - Amid Some Doubts, a Tokyo Dome. New York Times, March 23, 1988 Its dome-shaped roof is an air-supported structure, a cable-reinforced 0.8 mm flexible fiberglass membrane supported by slightly pressurizing the inside of the stadium with 150,000 m3/hour using independent blowers. It was developed by Nikken Sekkei and Takenaka Corporation, and modeled after the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome.
It has also hosted international baseball tournaments such as the World Baseball Classic and WBSC Premier12, Major League Baseball, , basketball, American football, association football games, puroresu matches, mixed martial arts events, kickboxing events, and monster truck races. It became the first Japanese venue with an American football attendance above 50,000.
Tokyo Dome has held various Major League Baseball games to open the seasons, with the first series—a two-game slate between the Chicago Cubs and New York Mets in 2000—being the first time American MLB teams have played regular season games in Asia. Four years later, the New York Yankees, featuring former Yomiuri Giants slugger/outfielder Hideki Matsui in their lineup, and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays played two games in the stadium to start the 2004 season. The Boston Red Sox and the Oakland Athletics opened the 2008 MLB season in Japan, and also competed against Japanese teams. To open the 2012 season the Seattle Mariners and the Athletics, the former of which had Ichiro Suzuki, played a two-game series on March 28–29. In game one Seattle – led by Ichiro's 4 hits – won 3–1 in 11 innings. "Seattle Mariners Oakland athletics open 2012 season Tokyo" ESPN. The Mariners and Athletics returned to Tokyo Dome for a two-game series to begin the 2019 Major League Baseball season, with Ichiro retiring from professional baseball after the second game. On July 18, 2024, Major League Baseball announced that the 2025 MLB season will open with a two game series March 18-19 at Tokyo Dome between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs.
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Concerts have been held at Tokyo Dome for several dozen days each year since its opening, mainly by Japanese singers and music groups. According to official statistics from its opening in 1988 to December 2024, KinKi Kids held the most solo concerts at Tokyo Dome for 66 days, followed by Arashi for 58 days and Kanjani Eight for 44 days. All of them were male idol groups from Johnny & Associates.
Among non-Japanese, TVXQ held the most solo concerts at Tokyo Dome for 33 days, followed by The Rolling Stones for 28 days and followed by Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney for 21 days.
Michael Jackson performed there on his three tours. As part of the second leg of his Bad World Tour, he performed at the Tokyo Big Egg on 9-11, 17-19, and 24-26 December 1988. In Jackson’s next tour, the Dangerous World Tour, he performed on the stadium during the first leg, on 12, 14, 17, 19, 22, 24, 30, and 31 December 1992. On his final tour HIStory World Tour, he performed on multiple dates at the stadium last time, on 13, 15, 17, and 20 December 1996.
Janet Jackson played four shows on 17 and 18 May and 6 and 7 November 1990 during her Rhythm Nation World Tour. She returned for the Janet World Tour on March 29 and 30, 1994 and her All for You Tour on January 17 and 18, 2002.
Guns N' Roses performed there on 19, 20, and 22 February 1992 and 12, 14, and 15 January 1993 during their Use Your Illusion Tour, then again on December 19, 2009 during their Chinese Democracy tour.
Madonna played five shows on 13, 14, 16, 17 and 19 December 1993 which concluded her tour The Girlie Show. She also held two concerts on 20 and 21 September 2006 as part of the Confessions Tour.
Britney Spears played one show on April 25 2002 on her Dream Within A Dream Tour.
Mariah Carey performed there for the first time on her Daydream World Tour, on 7, 10, and 14 March 1996, bringing in a total of 150,000 people with the three dates, she obtained the record for best-selling tickets in less than one hour. In 1998, the singer returned to Japan on her Butterfly World Tour, where she broke her old record, this time selling out 200,000 tickets in less than one hour across four shows on 11, 14, 17, and 20 January. She would return to the stadium for two shows in 2000 with her Rainbow World Tour.
Whitney Houston played two shows on 13 and 14 May 1997 during her Pacific Rim Tour.
Celine Dion has performed five shows at the Dome. She performed on 31 January and 1 February 1999 as part of her Let's Talk About Love World Tour; 8 and 9 March 2008 as part of her Taking Chances World Tour; and 26 June 2018 as part of her Live 2018 tour. Dion was scheduled to perform two shows on 18 and 19 November 2014 as part of her Asia Tour, but the shows were cancelled.
Beyoncé kicked off the first show on her third concert tour The Beyoncé Experience on 10 April 2007.
Coldplay have played the venue three times; first on 19 April 2017 during their A Head Full of Dreams Tour, and further two times on 6 and 7 November 2023 during their Music of the Spheres World Tour.
Taylor Swift opened her 1989 World Tour at the venue with two concerts on 5 and 6 May 2015, and she played two more shows on 20 and 21 November 2018 as part of the Reputation Stadium Tour. She also played four consecutive concerts on 7-10 February 2024 for The Eras Tour.
Bruno Mars performed three concerts in October 2022 and returned for seven more concerts in January 2024, as part of his 2022-24 tour, becoming the biggest shows in Japan by an international act in the 21st century.
G-Dragon will perform two shows on May 10 and 11, 2025, as part of his Übermensch World Tour.
Oasis are set to perform two shows on 25 and 26 October 2025, as part of their Live '25 reunion tour.
Blackpink will perform three shows on 16, 17, and 18 January 2026 as part of their Deadline World Tour.
Lady Gaga will perform four shows on 25, 26, 29 and 30 January 2026 as part of her The Mayhem Ball.
On 30 June 2024, it was announced that All Elite Wrestling, NJPW, Ring of Honor, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, and Stardom would all be part of a cross-promotional pay-per-view event called Wrestle Dynasty, which took place on 5 January 2025, one day after Wrestle Kingdom 19.
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Tokyo Dome is also the regular home for championship matches for Japan's domestic American football leagues, including the professional X-League's Japan X Bowl and Rice Bowl.
In 1993, Aston Villa played Verdy Kawasaki in a friendly match.
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