Nippon Budōkan
Nippon Budōkan is a indoor arena in Kitanomaru Park, Japan that opened in 1964. Its recorded capacity is 14,471.
Key facts
Nippon Budōkan is a indoor arena in Kitanomaru Park, Japan that opened in 1964. Its recorded capacity is 14,471. It is owned by The Nippon Budokan Foundation. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are Japan Martial Arts Council, 2020 Summer Olympics, 2008 World Karate Championships.
- Location
- Kitanomaru Park, Japan
- Type
- Indoor arena
- Capacity
- 14,471
- Opened
- 1964
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- The Nippon Budokan Foundation
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
Nippon Budōkan is at latitude 35.693333, longitude 139.75, in Kitanomaru Park, Japan. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.
Data table for this chart
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Latitude | 35.693333 |
| Longitude | 139.75 |
| City | Kitanomaru Park |
| Region | Kitanomaru Park |
| Country | Japan |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Naming rights
No naming history is recorded for this venue.
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | The Nippon Budokan Foundation | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan Martial Arts Council | Not mapped | 1962 to present | Current | Source |
| 2020 Summer Olympics | Not mapped | 1962 to present | Current | Source |
| 2008 World Karate Championships | Not mapped | 1962 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
7 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.
| Date | Table | Field | From | To | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2026 | venues | opened_year | 1962 | 1964 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372220489 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Nippon_Budokan | Nippon Budokan | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 19376 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 7635 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 7634 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 7633 | 2026-09 |
Sources and licenses
Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The site as a whole is built from these sources:
- Wikidata: CC0 1.0. Data from Wikidata, released under CC0 1.0 Universal.
- OpenStreetMap: ODbL 1.0. © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0). See https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright.
- Wikipedia: CC BY-SA 4.0. Text from Wikipedia, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.
Row-level sources used for this venue: