National Noh Theatre
Japan’s national theatre for Noh and Kyōgen, combining a purpose-built stage with performance, research, exhibition, and training functions in Tokyo.
Tokyo
Meiji Jingū
Meiji Jingū is a Tokyo shrine founded in 1920 for Emperor Meiji and Empress Shōken within a deliberately designed self-renewing forest.
Yoshinkan Aikido
Yoshinkan Aikido is a postwar Aikido school founded by Gozo Shioda in 1955 and known for structured basics, precise posture, and intensive instructor training.
Gozo Shioda
Gozo Shioda was a student of Morihei Ueshiba and the founder of Yoshinkan Aikido, known for systematic basic training and postwar police instruction.
Meiji Jingu Shiseikan
Meiji Jingu Shiseikan is a comprehensive martial-arts training hall at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo, opened in 1973 for practical and ethical education through budo.
Eishoji Temple
Eishoji is a Jodo Buddhist temple in Higashi-Ueno, Tokyo, remembered as the site where Jigoro Kano opened the first Kodokan dojo in 1882.
Keishicho Martial Arts Dojo
The Keishicho martial arts dojo is the training base for Tokyo Metropolitan Police judo and kendo within the department’s Police Skills Center.
Aikikai Hombu Dojo
Aikikai Hombu Dojo is the central Tokyo training hall of the Aikikai Foundation and a principal institutional centre of postwar Aikido.
Nippon Budokan
Nippon Budokan is a landmark arena in central Tokyo, opened for Olympic judo in 1964 and used for budo events, education, ceremonies, and concerts.
Katsu Kaishū
Katsu Kaishū was a Tokugawa naval official and Meiji statesman central to Japan’s naval modernization and the peaceful surrender of Edo Castle.