Kuramae Kokugikan
| Kuramae Kokugikan main entrance, 1954 | |
| Location | Taitō, Tokyo, Japan |
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| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Opened | 1950 |
| Closed | 1984 |
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| Japan Sumo Association | |
Kuramae Kokugikan (蔵前国技館 Kuramae Kokugi-kan?) was a building situated in the Kuramae neighborhood of Taitō, Tokyo which was built by the Japan Sumo Association and opened in 1950. The Association needed a permanent venue to hold sumo tournaments as the previous, bomb-damaged, Kokugikan had been taken over by occupying Allied forces after World War II. Since then tournaments had been held in various venues including the Meiji Shrine and baseball stadiums.[1] Tournaments were held there until September 1984, and in January 1985 the new Ryōgoku Kokugikan was opened.[2]
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