is an
indoor sports arena located in
Naka-ku,
Yokohama
is the second-largest city in Japan by population and the most populous municipality of Japan. It is the capital city and the most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a 2020 population of 3.8 million. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of T ...
,
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
. The capacity of the arena is 5,000 people and was opened in 1962.
It is a five-minute walk from the closest subway station,
Kannai Station
is an interchange passenger railway station located in Naka-ku, Yokohama, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the Yokohama Municipal Subway.
Lines
Kannai Station is served by the Negishi Line from to in Kanagawa Prefec ...
, on the
JR/
Yokohama Municipal Subway
is the rapid transit network in the city of Yokohama, Japan, south of Tokyo in Kanagawa pref. It is operated by Yokohama City Transportation Bureau as two lines, though three continuous lines exist.
Lines
The Yokohama Municipal Subway ...
.
The arena hosted the
volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...
events of the
1964 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...
.
The last major event held at the arena was an event held by
Big Japan Pro Wrestling
(BJW) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion established in 1995. It is most famous for its deathmatch style contests.
History
Big Japan Pro Wrestling was founded in March 1995 by former AJPW wrestlers Shinya Kojika and Kendo Nagasaki, ...
on August 30, 2020 which was called "Last Buntai". The arena closed its doors on September 6, 2020 with
Yokohama United Arena set to replace this gymnasium in 2024.
Facilities
*Main arena - 1,920m
2, 40m×48m×13m
References
*
1964 Summer Olympics official report.Volume 1. Part 1. p. 139.
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Defunct indoor arenas in Japan
Basketball venues in Japan
Boxing venues in Japan
Music venues in Japan
Olympic volleyball venues
Sports venues in Yokohama
Venues of the 1964 Summer Olympics
Yokohama B-Corsairs
Sports venues completed in 1962
1962 establishments in Japan
Naka-ku, Yokohama
2020 disestablishments in Japan