OLYMPIC STADIUM (TOKYO)

is a stadium in Kasumigaoka Shinjuku-ku Tokyo that served as the main stadium for the 1964 Summer Olympics.

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History

Events

Access

External link

History

It was completed in 1958 as the Japanese national stadium, with its first major event being the 1958 Asian Games, on the place of ex-Meiji Shrine Outer Park Stadium in 1924-1956, which was famous for The Department Celemony for War Front of Students in 1943, and also known as Nile Kinnick Stadium, named by SCAP after World War II.

Events

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 Intercontinental Cup (Toyota Cup) in 1980-2001. As the national stadium in Japan, it is the venue for the final of the Emperor's Cup on the New Year's Day and J. League Cup in November each year. The stadium's capacity is currently 57,363.

Access

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 Gaienmae Station on the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line.

External link

★ Satellite photo of the stadium from Google Maps