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Osaka-jō Hall (大阪城ホール, Ōsaka-jō Hōru) is a multi-purpose arena located in the Kyōbashi area of Osaka, Japan. The hall opened in 1983 and can seat up to 16,000 people. Built on a site area of 36,351 square meters, part of its form uses stone walls, modeled after those of the Castle and it won the Osaka Urban Scenery Architects Prize Special Award in 1984.

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Osaka-jō Hall

Location	Chūō-ku, Osaka
Coordinates	34°41′22″N 135°31′47″E
Public transit	Osaka Metro: Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line at Osaka Business Park JR West: Osakajōkōen (Osaka Loop Line)
Owner	Osaka-jo Hall, Inc.
Capacity	16,000
Opened	1983
Tenants
New Japan Pro-Wrestling

The hall may be reached on a short walk from either Osaka Business Park Station on the Osaka Municipal Subway Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line or Osakajōkōen Station on the JR Osaka Loop Line. The hall is located in Osaka-jō Park, near Osaka Castle and is across a river from two other smaller concert halls.

It is used for some sports, such as judo championships and wrestling matches such as those for the New Japan Pro-Wrestling promotion for their annual NJPW Dominion event in 2020 NJPW started to use the venue for their New Beginning show, and is popular for concerts, with many native and international pop and rock music artists.

Each winter, 10,000 people come to the hall to participate in a performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9.

Building Specification

• Opening date: October 1, 1983
• Building Area: 19,351.22 m²
• Total Floor Area: 36,173.80 m²
• Building: 3 Floors, 1 Basement

• Architecture: Nikken Sekkei
• Construction: Taisei Corporation, Matsumura-Gumi
• Total Cost: 10.6 billion

• Facility
  • Arena: 3,500 m²(Width 83.4m ×Length 48.2m, H 21m)
  • Shiromi Hall: 827m²
  • Convention Hall: 159m²

Events

Many popular musical acts have played the arena, including LiSA, Hikaru Utada, B'z, Mötley Crüe, Duran Duran, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Momoiro Clover Z, NMB48, Dir En Grey, Babymetal, Iron Maiden, Pink Floyd, Ayumi Hamasaki, Britney Spears, Janet Jackson, Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, Maroon 5, Misia, Kylie Minogue, Tina Turner, Gloria Estefan, Taylor Swift, Prince, L'Arc-en-Ciel, David Bowie, George Michael, Patrick Fiori, Bon Jovi, Alanis Morissette, Rod Stewart, Oasis, Alice in Chains, Nine Inch Nails, Green Day, Beyoncé, Christina Aguilera, Björk, David Guetta, Avril Lavigne, The Black Eyed Peas, Norah Jones, John Mayer, Sarah Brightman, Westlife, BoA, Girls' Generation, Justin Bieber, Ed Sheeran, E-girls, Exo, Shinee, BTS, Shishamo, Seventeen, Twice, Red Velvet, Scandal, Blackpink, Monsta X, iKON, NCT 127, Radwimps, One Ok Rock, Dead or Alive, Queen and Aqours.

See also

• List of indoor arenas in Japan

External links

• Official website (in English)
• Osaka Government Tourism Bureau entry
• Japan National Tourism Bureau

На других языках

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[de] Ōsaka-jō Hall

Die Ōsaka-jō Hall (jap. 大阪城ホール, Ōsaka-jō Hōru, „Burg-Osaka-Halle“) ist eine Mehrzweckhalle im Bezirk Chūō-ku der Stadt japanischen Osaka in der gleichnamigen Präfektur.

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- [en] Osaka-jō Hall

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