Camp Asaka

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35°46′53.06″N 139°35′47.13″E / 35.7814056°N 139.5964250°E / 35.7814056; 139.5964250Area909,701 m2Site informationOperator Japan Ground Self-Defense ForceSite historyBuilt1941 (1941)Built byImperial Japanese Army
(as Junior Military Academy)Garrison informationGarrisonEastern Army

Camp Asaka is a base of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force. It lies in four municipalities: Nerima, Tokyo; Asaka, Saitama; Wako, Saitama; and Niiza, Saitama. It serves as the headquarters of the Eastern Army.

The camp was originally the site of a golf course from 1930 to 1940. It served as the site of the Imperial Japanese Army Junior Military Academy from 1941 to 1945, and as a United States Army camp (South Camp Drake) from 1945 to 1960, during which time it housed part of the 1st Cavalry Division.

The Asaka Shooting Range was a firing range constructed on the site for the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, and hosted pistol and rifle shooting and the shooting part of the modern pentathlon.[1] It was the temporary shooting venue for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ 1964 Summer Olympics official report. Archived 2010-07-07 at the Wayback Machine Volume 1. Part 1. p. 134.
  2. ^ "Asaka Shooting Range". Olympics.com. Archived from the original on 2021-05-09. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Tokyo Summer Olympics Shooting". Japan Times. 21 July 2021. Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
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35°46′47″N 139°34′49″E / 35.779855°N 139.580344°E / 35.779855; 139.580344

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