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Nippon Budokan: Exterior
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Culture & sport · Modernism

Nippon Budokan

Mamoru Yamada · Tokyo, Japan · 1964

Key featuresOctagonal hall modelled on the Yumedono of Horyu-ji, its sweeping roof meant to recall Mount Fuji, topped by a giboshi.

Architect
Mamoru Yamada
Place
Tokyo, Japan
Year
1964
Typology
Culture & sport
Movement
Modernism
Region
East Asia
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