Description and Events
The main arena includes a large indoor arena that hosts national and international sporting events. The arena holds 10,000 people (6,000 fixed, 4,000 temporary). An incomplete list of events held in the arena include:
- WTA Toray Pan Pacific Tennis Championships were held every February here, but from 2008 it has been held in the Ariake Coliseum;
- Japan Table Tennis Championships;
- V.League;
- Suntory Cup All Japan School Volleyball Rally;
- Aeon Cup World Rhythmic Gymnastics Club Championships;
- Karate Championships;
- Miki Prune Super College Volleyball.
- 2007 World Figure Skating Championships
- 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
Since 2000, the arena has also been used as a concert venue. The first artist to perform there was the Japanese group Porno Graffitti.
The sub-arena houses an olympic size (50mX20m, eight lanes) swimming pool with seating for 900 people. The Japan Waterpolo Championships is held here. There is also a 25m pool (25mX13m, 6 lanes), an outdoor oval running track; a weight training room, and conference rooms.
Since April 1, 2006, the Tokyo Lifelong Learning and Culture Foundation (東京都生涯学習文化財団), along with Suntory (サントリー株式会社), Tipness (株式会社ティップネス) and O-ence (株式会社オーエンス), manage the gymnasium.
Presently, the training gym area and pool areas are undergoing renovations. April 1, 2013, the renovations are to be completed.
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