No columns: the structure hangs like a suspension bridge. A cultural property since 2021.
The architect Tange Kenzō designed it for the 1964 Olympics, with the engineer Tsuboi Yoshikatsu: the roof hangs from two large steel cables, like an upside-down suspension bridge, with no columns underneath. It was the first Japanese building with hydraulic anti-seismic dampers. Finished just 39 days before the Games opened.
Kenzō Tange's masterpiece, built for the 1964 Olympics. It is not the New National Stadium, which is a different venue.
ℹ️ The grounds usually close at 21:00.
🚉 Meiji-jingumae 'Harajuku' · 12 min walk
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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’.
Sources: anitabi.jp · furaba-animeseichi.blog.jp · screenonline.jp · ja.wikipedia.org
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