Mikaho Gymnasium
It was built in October 1970, and has an area of 6,267 m in total. Mikaho Gymnasium was one of the venues for figure skating at the 11th Winter Olympic Games held in Sapporo in February 1972.
The gym is currently used as a skating rink in winter (for figure skating, leisure skating and curling), and as a gym in the summer months. After the Olympics, it was shortly used as a heated swimming pool in the summer.
It is located next to three baseball diamonds, and four tennis courts.
Access
The gymnasium is 10 minutes' walk from Kita-Nijūyo-Jō Station on the Namboku Line.
References
- Official website (in Japanese)
- Official Sapporo City website
43°05′22″N 141°21′26″E / 43.089368°N 141.357087°E
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