The Sapporo Tsukisamu Gymnasium (札幌市月寒体育館) is an indoor sporting arena located in

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. The first floor is a skating rink used for ice hockey games, figure skating and leisure skating throughout the year. On the second floor are table tennis facilities, and a corridor for jogging. The arena opened in 1972. It hosted some of the

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event at the

1972 Winter Olympics The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially the and commonly known as Sapporo 1972 ( ja, 札幌1972), was a winter multi-sport event held from February 3 to 13, 1972, in Sapporo, Japan. It was the first Winter Olympic Games to take place outside Europe ...

. It has a total capacity of 3,371 (2,321 seats, and 1,052 standing places). It is located next to the ''Tsukisamu Outdoor Stadium'' (used for rugby games), and four tennis courts. In

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(along with

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) and

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, hosted the Asian Winter Games ice hockey tournaments. Eighteen years later, -in 2008- it was the main venue of the ice hockey World Championship Division I Group B and, every year, hosts some regular season games of the

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, usually played around Christmas. The arena hosted the women's ice hockey tournament at the

2017 Asian Winter Games The 2017 Asian Winter Games ( ja, 2017アジア冬季競技大会, 2017 Ajia tōkikyōgitaikai) was the 8th edition of the Asian Winter Games. They were hosted in Sapporo and Obihiro in Hokkaido, Japan. These Games were originally scheduled for 2 ...

. The gymnasium is also the home arena of the team ''Skate House'', who plays on the (second tier) hockey league, the J-ICE North League. The venue was used for the women's world curling championship in 2015.

Access

Tōhō Line The is a rubber-tyred metro line in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Sapporo City Transportation Bureau. It is part of the Sapporo Municipal Subway system. It runs from Sakaemachi Station (Hokkaido), Sakaemachi Station in Higashi-ku, Sappo ...

: 1 minutes walk from

Tsukisamu-Chūō Station Tsukisamu-Chūō Station (月寒中央駅) is a metro station in Toyohira-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. The station number is H13. It is located in the south of the Tōhō Line. Platforms Surrounding area *Japan National Route 36 (to Muroran) ...

References

Official website
Venues of the 1972 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey venues Indoor ice hockey venues in Japan Indoor arenas in Japan Sports venues completed in 1972 Sports venues in Sapporo 2017 Asian Winter Games Venues 1972 establishments in Japan {{Winter-Olympic-venue-stub