Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
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Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium (東京体育館 Tōkyō Taiikukan?) is a world-class sporting complex in Sendagaya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan. Built in 1954 for the World Wrestling Championship, it was also used as the venue for gymnastics events at the 1964 Summer Olympics. The gymnasium was rebuilt to a futuristic design created by Pritzker Prize winner Fumihiko Maki and completed in 1991.
The gymnasium is a one-minute walk from Sendagaya Station on the Chūō-Sōbu Line and Kokuritsu Kyogijo Station on the Toei Oedo Line.
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[edit] Description & events
The main arena includes a large indoor arena that hosts national and international sporting events. The arena holds 10,000 people (6,000 fixed, 4,000 temporary). An incomplete list of events held in the arena include:
- WTA Toray Pan Pacific Tennis Championships are held every February here;
- Japan Table Tennis Championships;
- V.League;
- Suntory Cup All Japan School Volleyball Rally;
- Aeon Cup World Rhythmic Gymnastics Club Championships;
- Karate Championships;
- Miki Prune Super College Volleyball.
Since 2000, the arena has also been used as a concert venue. The first artist to perform there was the Japanese group Pornografiti.
The sub-arena houses an olympic size (50mX20m, eight lanes) swimming pool with seating for 900 people. The Japan Waterpolo Championships is held here. There is also a 25m pool (25mX13m, 6 lanes), an outdoor oval running track; a weight training room, and conference rooms.
Since April 1, 2006, the Tokyo Lifelong Learning and Culture Foundation (東京都生涯学習文化財団), along with Suntory (サントリー株式会社), Tipness (株式会社ティップネス) and O-ence (株式会社オーエンス), manage the gymnasium. Presently, the training gym area and pool areas are undergoing renovations. June 1, 2006, the renovations are to be completed.
[edit] Fees
From June 1, 2006, the fees for use of the facilities will be:
- training gym/2 hours: 450 yen
- pool/2 hours 600 yen:
- pool (junior high school students and younger)/2 hours: 260 yen
- training gym and pool/2 hours: 1000 yen
- training gym, pool and dance studio/1 day: 2500 yen
- one month pass: 7800 yen
[edit] Hours
Mon-Fri: 9h00 - 23h00 Sat: 9h00 - 22h00 Sun: 9h00 - 21h00
