IN THE SUMMER of 2020, Yoyogi Stadium (also known as the Yoyogi National Gymnasium) will come full circle, playing host to the Olympics for the second time in half a century. Built for the 1964 Tokyo games, the stadium’s striking combination of viking-ship roof and brutalist concrete is the work of acclaimed architect Kenzo Tange, who also designed the Hiroshima Peace Memorial.
The sprawling park in which the stadium stands was the site of the 1964 Olympic Village, and is now a popular weekend destination for musicians and other performers (it borders Harajuku), as well as for hanami during the spring cherry blossom season.
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