By Arata Isozaki, Pritzker Prize winner: its hull shape earned it the name ‘ship’.
The convention centre, opened in March 1999, is the work of the architect Arata Isozaki, one of the most important figures in post-war Japanese architecture, later awarded the Pritzker Prize in 2019. The building, about 60 metres high and over 200 long, is designed in the shape of a ship's hull, clearly visible from the windows of the Shinkansen trains that pass alongside; the total cost of the project, land included, was about 70 billion yen.
Large convention centre in Shizuoka designed by Arata Isozaki, a short walk from Higashi-Shizuoka Station.
ℹ️ The halls inside can only be visited when there are events on: it is worth checking the calendar before you go.
🚉 Higashi-Shizuoka · 12 min walk
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Live-action filming location. This is where they filmed the speech in which Ego Jinpachi welcomes the three hundred strikers, the scene that opens the story: about three hundred extras in a single hall.
Sources: akira-banna.jp · japanfc.org · comic11.hatenablog.com · pref.shizuoka.jp · ja.wikipedia.org · at-s.com
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