was an indoor sporting arena located in the Ariake neighborhood of

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, Japan. The capacity of the arena is 1,246 seats and it was opened in 1999. It was mainly used for

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and martial arts events. The arena became known as the home of

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, housing the promotion's offices and training dojo. The arena may be reached on a short walk from either

Ariake Tennis no Mori Station Ariake-Tennis-no-mori Station (, ) is a train station in Kōtō, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and i ...

on the New Transit Yurikamome or Kokusai-Tenjijō Station on the Rinkai Line. Differ Ariake closed in June 2018. And it was replaced by newly build Ariake Arena for 2020 Summer Olympics and

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External links

Official Site (Japanese)
Defunct indoor arenas in Japan Sports venues in Tokyo Boxing venues in Japan Buildings and structures in Koto, Tokyo Sports venues completed in 1999 1999 establishments in Japan 2018 disestablishments in Japan {{japan-stadium-stub