Large conference facility in Kyoto, Japan
The
Kyoto International Conference Center
(
?立京都?際?館
,
Kokuritsu Ky?to Kokusai Kaikan
)
, abbreviated as
ICC Kyoto
and previously called the
Kyoto International Conference Hall
, is a large conference facility located at Takaragaike,
Saky?-ku
,
Kyoto
,
Kyoto Prefecture
,
Japan
. The
Kyoto Protocol
was signed in this hall.
Annex Hall interior
The conference center at Takaragaike Park
The center was designed by architect
Sachio Otani
to an unusual hexagonal framework, resulting in few vertical walls or columns, and opened in 1966 with an addition in 1973. It is a rare remaining example of
Metabolism
in Japan (the newer and more famous
Nakagin Capsule Tower Building
[1]
is undergoing demolition in 2022
[update]
).
[2]
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Today the total facility provides 156,000 m² of meeting space, and consists of the main Conference Hall with large meeting room (capacity 2,000) and a number of smaller rooms, an Annex Hall (capacity 1,500) and Event Hall, with the Grand
Prince Hotel
Kyoto nearby.
[3]
Both Main Hall and Annex Hall are equipped with simultaneous interpreting facilities for 12 languages.
[4]
It is located north of downtown Kyoto, and may be reached via the
Karasuma Line
subway.
[5]
The complex is the location for the finale of
John Frankenheimer
's cult 1982 martial arts action film
The Challenge
, starring
Scott Glenn
and
Toshiro Mifune
. The complex also serves as the backdrop for a meeting between Harry Kilmer (
Robert Mitchum
) and Goro Tanaka (
James Shigeta
) in
The Yakuza
(1975).
Past events
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Aerial photo
References
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- R. Stephen Sennott,
Encyclopedia of 20th-Century Architecture
, Taylor & Francis, 2003, page 739.
ISBN
1-57958-433-0
.
