Komazawa Gymnasium is an indoor sporting arena located in

Komazawa Olympic Park Komazawa Olympic Park (駒沢オリンピック公園) located on land in both Meguro and Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan, is a sports facility that was constructed for the 1964 Summer Olympics. Approximately 90 per cent of the park's area is in Setag ...

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. The capacity of the arena is 3,875 spectators. Designed by Japanese architect

Yoshinobu Ashihara was a Japanese architect noted for projects such as the Komazawa Olympic Gymnasium (1964) and the Sony Building (1966). Education and career Ashihara was educated at both the University of Tokyo and Harvard University. After graduating from H ...

, along with the landmark Control Tower, that features as a focal point of the park. The gymnasium venue hosted the

wrestling Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat ...

events at 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 ...

References

1964 Summer Olympics official report.
Volume 1. pp. 125–6. Basketball venues in Japan Venues of the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic wrestling venues Indoor arenas in Japan Volleyball venues in Japan Sports venues in Tokyo Buildings and structures in Setagaya Sports venues completed in 1964 1964 establishments in Japan Alvark Tokyo {{Summer-Olympic-venue-stub