The NHK Hall is a

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located at the

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, the main headquarters of Japan's

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. The hall is the main venue for the

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, but it has also played host to other events, such as the 1979

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and NHK's annual New Year's Eve special ''

Kōhaku Uta Gassen , more commonly known simply as ''Kōhaku'', is an annual New Year's Eve television special produced by Japanese public broadcaster NHK. It is broadcast live simultaneously on television and radio, nationally and internationally by the NHK net ...

''.

History

The original NHK Hall opened in 1955 at a location in Tokyo's Uchisaiwai-cho district. Several live programmes were broadcast from the hall, such as ''Song Plaza'', ''Kōhaku Uta Gassen'', and ''Personal Secrets''. In 1973, a new NHK Hall was established in

Shibuya, Tokyo is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. A major commercial center, Shibuya houses one of the busiest railway stations in the world, Shibuya Station. As of January 1, 2024, Shibuya Ward has an estimated population of 230,609 in 142,443 households ...

, at the site of NHK's new headquarters, the NHK Broadcasting Center. The

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for the hall were designed by Minoru Nagata, later of

Nagata Acoustics is an international acoustical consultancy firm. In Japan they have been involved in the design of over seventy concert halls, including the Suntory Hall, Sapporo Concert Hall, Muza Kawasaki Symphony Hall, Kyoto Concert Hall and Hyogo Perfo ...

, while

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provided the hall's sound equipment. On April 9, 2019, it was announced that it will be closed from March 2021 to June 2022 due to

seismic retrofit Seismology (; from Ancient Greek σεισμός (''seismós'') meaning "earthquake" and -λογία (''-logía'') meaning "study of") is the scientific study of earthquakes (or generally, quakes) and the generation and propagation of elastic ...

ting, construction, renovation and reopening. The 72nd ''Kōhaku Uta Gassen'', broadcast on 31 December 2021, was held at the

Tokyo International Forum The is a multi-purpose exhibition center in Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. The complex is generally considered to be in the Yūrakuchō business district, being adjacent to Yūrakuchō Station, but it is administratively in the Marunouchi district. Toky ...

. It was held outside the NHK Hall for the first time in 49 years since the 23rd edition in 1972 and for the first time since the hall started operation.

Gallery

File:NHK Hall - 2024 April 26 various 23 42 08 802000.jpeg, Inside NHK Hall File:NHK Hall - 2024 April 26 various 23 41 57 621000.jpeg, View of the stage File:NHK Hall - 2024 April 26 various 23 43 14 794000.jpeg, NHK Hall at night

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* Theatres in Tokyo Concert halls in Tokyo

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History

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