Yoyogi National Gymnasium — First Arena (国立代々木競技場第一体育館) 国立代々木競技場第一体育館
No columns: the structure hangs like a suspension bridge. A cultural property since 2021.
Kenzō Tange's masterpiece, built for the 1964 Olympics. It is not the New National Stadium, which is a different venue.
Tokyo
Meiji-jingumae 'Harajuku', Shibuya
Sword Art Online
In ‘Ordinal Scale’ the Harajuku gate is where Asuna catches up with Klein and his group, and the open area just inside, in front of the great flight of steps, is where Eiji summons the boss and steals the Fūrinkazan's memories; the north gate also appears, in the passage into the AR space. The same building returns in ‘Accel World’, also by Reki Kawahara, and in ‘The Boy and the Beast’.
