Nippon Budōkan

Nippon Budōkan
Budōkan
The main entrance of the Nippon Budōkan
Data
place	2-3 Kitanomaru Koen Chiyoda , 102-0091 Tokyo , Japan
Coordinates	35 ° 41 '36.1 "  N , 139 ° 44' 59.5"  E Coordinates: 35 ° 41 '36.1 "  N , 139 ° 44' 59.5"  E
owner	The Nippon Budokan Foundation (財 団 法人 日本 武 道 館 Zaidan Hōjin Nippon Budōkan)
start of building	1964
opening	3rd October 1964
surface	parquet
costs	¥ 2 billion (1964)
architect	Mamoru Yamada
capacity	approx. 14,000 places
Events
1964 Summer Olympics ( Judo ) Martial arts events Japan Record Awards (1985-1993) Concerts

The Nippon Budōkan ( Japanese 日本 武 道 館 ), often short Budōkan , is the name of a martial arts hall in the Chiyoda district of the Japanese capital Tokyo . The name Nippon Budōkan Hall , which is sometimes used in the English-speaking world, is a pleonasm , since the Japanese syllable -kan already means "hall". Budō ( Japanese 武 道 , German: "Military route, war route") is the generic term for all Japanese martial arts .

description

The Budōkan was originally built to host the judo competitions at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. It consists of three octagonal halls, the largest of which is modeled on a hall of the Hōryū-ji temple in Nara and can hold around 14,000 visitors.

Budōkan is located in Kitanomaru Park in central Tokyo, just a two-minute walk from the Kudanshita Subway Station, near the Yasukuni Shrine .

The Budōkan became known worldwide through the live albums by Bob Dylan ( At Budokan ) and by the US band Cheap Trick with the same title. Both were released in 1978. The Beatles also performed there in 1966; the concert took place under strong security measures, as protests and death threats by conservative Japanese had come. It also served as the namesake for Sony's Walkman WM-DD100 . According to Sony, the selectable DOL (Dynamic Optimum Loudness) bass function is said to have been modeled on the acoustics of this hall.

use

In the Budōkan there are regular competitions in various martial arts, so once a year the national Japanese competitions in Jūdō , Kendō , Karate , Shorinji-Kempo , Kyūdō , Naginata and similar sports. However, classes in various martial arts are practically held there all the time and visitors can watch the training. Large wrestling competitions are also held there.

The Budōkan is also very popular as a venue for concerts, for example:

5 seconds of summer ABBA AKB48 Alice Nine To cafe Avril Lavigne Babymetal Beastie Boys Bob Dylan Boowy Bryan Adams Cheap trick Chic Chihiro Onitsuka Coldrain Deep Purple Depeche Mode Dir en gray Dream theater Eric Clapton

The Gazette Hikaru Utada Ian Gillan Band Jackson Five Joe Hisaishi Judas Priest Kana Nishino Keith Jarrett KISS L'Arc-en-Ciel Luna Sea Malice Mizer Michael Schenker Group Miliyah Kato Miyavi Gackt & Yellow Fried Chickenz Mr. Big Morning Musume Mötley Crüe MUCC Nightmare

One ok rock Ozzy Osbourne Perfume Quincy Jones Paul McCartney Prince Scandal Sheryl Crow SOD Styx Scorpions The Beatles The Rolling Stones Tomoyasu Hotei Toto T. rex Uriah Heep X Japan Yngwie Malmsteen

Each year on August 15, a national ceremony to commemorate the dead of World War II takes place in the Budōkan , in which the Japanese Prime Minister as well as the Tennō and his wife take part.

gallery

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  57th Japanese Kendō Championship 2009 in Budōkan

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  The Nippon Budōkan as a concert hall

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  A karate event in 2012

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  The hall roof from the inside

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  The Nippon Budōkan during the cherry blossom season in March 2008

Web links

Commons : Nippon Budōkan  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• nipponbudokan.or.jp: Official website of the Nippon Budōkan (Japanese)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ hugorodriguez.com: WM-DD100 Boodo Khan (English)
2. ↑ setlist.fm: Nippon Budōkan concert list (English)
3. ^ Mötley Crüe : The Dirt . Autobiography of the glam metal band Mötley Crüe, co-authored with Neil Strauss , from the American by Kirsten Borchardt , Hannibal Verlag , Höfen , 2nd edition, 2002. p. 220
4. ^ The Beatles Bible - Live: Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo. Retrieved March 10, 2017 .