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| Name in Japanese: | 日本武道館 |
| Area: | Chiyoda |
| Address: | 2-3 Kitanomarukoen, Chiyoda, Tokyo 102-8321 [map] |
| Phone: | 03-3216-5100 |
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263 m from Kudanshita Station Hanzomon Line (Z6)Tozai Line (T7)Shinjuku Line (S5) 0.8 km from Jimbocho Station Hanzomon Line (Z7)Mita Line (I10)Shinjuku Line (S6) 0.8 km from Takebashi Station Tozai Line (T8) |
| Website: | http://www.nipponbudokan.or.jp/english |
Sitting in the heart of Kitanomaru park just a across the moat from the Imperial Palace, the Budokan is a martial arts Hall built in 1964.
Used predominantly for martial arts including Judo, Kendo, Karate and Aikido as well as some more modern incarnations like pro-wrestling, it has also hosted boxing matches with Muhammed Ali and concerts by Frank Sinatra, the Beatles, Diana Ross and even Avril Lavigne. Modelled after the Hall of Dreams in Horyu-ji, Nara, the building can hold up to 14,471 people.
