Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium
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is an indoor sports arena, located in Naka-ku
, Yokohama
, Japan
. 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
, on the JR/Yokohama Municipal Subway
.
The arena hosted the volleyball
events of the 1964 Summer Olympics
.
Naka-ku, Yokohama
is one of the 18 wards of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the ward had an estimated population of 146,563and a density of 7,080 persons per km². The total area was 20.86 km².-Geography:...
, Yokohama
Yokohama
is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second largest city in Japan by population after Tokyo and most populous municipality of Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. 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
Kannai Station
is an interchange railway station operated by JR East's Negishi Line and the Yokohama Municipal Subway's Blue Line, located in Naka-ku, Yokohama, Japan...
, on the JR/Yokohama Municipal Subway
Yokohama Municipal Subway
is the metro network in the city of Yokohama, Japan, south of Tokyo In Kanagawa pref. It is operated by Yokohama City Transportation Bureau, and is operated as two lines, though 3 continuous lines exist.-Lines:Line 1 and 3 are operated as a single line...
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The arena hosted the volleyball
Volleyball at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Volleyball at the 1964 Summer Olympics was represented by two events: men's team and women's team.-Medal table:-Medal summary:-External links:*...
events of the 1964 Summer Olympics
1964 Summer Olympics
The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan in 1964. Tokyo had been awarded with the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honor was subsequently passed to Helsinki because of Japan's...
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