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The Nippon Budokan (Japanese: 日本武道館, Hepburn: Nippon Budōkan, lit. ' Japan Martial Arts Hall ' ) , often shortened to simply Budokan , is an indoor arena in Chiyoda, Tokyo , Japan. It was originally built for the inaugural Olympic judo competition in the 1964 Summer Olympics .
It is the location of the Nippon Budokan indoor sports and performance venue, the Science Museum, and the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. History.
Nippon Budokan: 1964 14,471 Ota City General Gymnasium: 2013 4,012 Ryōgoku Sumo Hall: 1985 11,098 Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium: 1954 10,000 Yoyogi National Gymnasium:
The Tokyo Budokan has an avant-garde building designed by a famous architect Kijō Rokkaku. It includes places for martial arts and Kyūdō, and training rooms. The word budokan means "martial arts hall", and the same word is part of the name of the more-famous Nippon Budokan. The Tokyo Budokan's address is 3-20-1 Ayase, Adachi, Tokyo. Galaxy+City:
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With the seat of the Emperor in the Imperial Palace at the ward's center, many government institutions, such as the National Diet, the Prime Minister's Official Residence, the Supreme Court, ministries in Kasumigaseki, and agencies are also located in Chiyoda, as are Tokyo landmarks such as Yasukuni Shrine and the Nippon Budokan.
Nippon Budokan hosted the first Olympic judo events at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. It hosted the judo events again when the Olympics returned to Tokyo in 2020. The Georgia World Congress Center hosted the judo competitions for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
The NJPW 49th Anniversary Show was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on March 4, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan at the Nippon Budokan arena.