Olympic Stadium (Tokyo)

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National Olympic Stadium (国立霞ヶ丘陸上競技場, Kokuritsu Kasumigaoka Rikujō Kyogijō^?) is a stadium in Kasumigaoka Shinjuku-ku Tokyo, located at 35°40′41″N, 139°42′53″E, that served as the main stadium for the 1964 Summer Olympics.

It was completed in 1958 as the Japanese national stadium, with its first major event being the 1958 Asian Games. Since then, the stadium has held many other significant events, most notably the 1991 World Athletics Championships, the Mirage Bowl College Football game from 1976-1993, and the Toyota Cup until 2001. As the national stadium in Japan, it is the venue for the final of the Emperor's Cup on 1 January and J.League Cup in November each year. The stadium's capacity is currently 60,057.

Access to the stadium is from Sendagaya or Shinanomachi stations along the JR Chūō-Sōbu Line; from Kokuritsu Kyogijo Station on the Toei Oedo Line; and from Gaien-mae Station on the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line.

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• Satellite photo of the stadium from Google Maps

Summer Olympic stadia

Athens, 1896 • Paris, 1900 • St Louis, 1904 • London, 1908 • Stockholm, 1912 • Berlin, 1916 • Antwerp, 1920 • Paris, 1924 • Amsterdam, 1928 • Los Angeles, 1932 • Berlin, 1936 • Helsinki, 1940 • London, 1944 • London, 1948 • Helsinki, 1952 • Melbourne, 1956 • Rome, 1960 • Tokyo, 1964 • Mexico City, 1968 • Munich, 1972 • Montreal, 1976 • Moscow, 1980 • Los Angeles, 1984 • Seoul, 1988 • Barcelona, 1992 • Atlanta, 1996 • Sydney, 2000 • Athens, 2004 • Beijing, 2008 • London, 2012