Wakasato Hall

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About Wakasato Municipal Cultural Hall

A Cultural facility hosting a variety of social events

Wakasato Civic Cutural Hall, adjacent to Big Hat arena, was used as the main press center during the Nagano Winter Olympic Games.
The Hall (606 fixed seats) and Special Conference Room A(58 fixed seats) with interpreter’s booths can be used for international conventions, various cultural events and recitals. The hall provides an intimate venue for various events. Events have included seminars, lectures, panel discussions, plays, dance performances, piano, violin, koto, shamisen and shakuhachi musical recitals, chorus, brass band performances and orchestral concerts.
A Bosendorfer piano (Imperial 290) and Kawai piano (RX-3) can be provided by the Hall.

Specifications of the facility

Floor size 7,193㎡
Size Steel framed reinforced concrete structure (partially steel framed structure) 2 storeys above ground, 4 storeys in some areas
Stage size 109㎡ (14m wide ×7.8m deep) stage height 7m
Space for wheelchairs Space for wheelchairs possible by partially removing fixed seats
Loading dock 2.9m high×2.9m

Access

3-22-2 Wakasato, Nagano City 380-0928
Tel:026-223-2223

By Nagaden Bus Nagano Station Zenkoji Exit (No.4 Bus Stop) Nagano Station East Exit (No.1 Bus Stop) Hoshina Onsen Line, get off at the Big Hat Stop, 1 min walk from the bus stop.
Nagano Station East Exit (No.1 Bus Stop) Nisseki・Mizuno Art Museum Line, get off at Mizuno Art Museum, 3 min walk from the bus stop.
By Alpico Bus Nagano Station Zenkoji Exit (No.2 Bus Stop) ~Nisseki・Matsuoka Line, get off at the Big Hat Stop, 1 min walk from the bus stop.
By taxi 10 minutes from Nagano Station East Exit

・20 minutes from Nagano I.C. or Suzaka-Nagano-Higashi I.C.
・500m to the west from Kamisenda Intersection on Route 18
・1,000m to east form Araki Intersection on Route 117