the past to a significant degree as a number of the venues constructed in 1964 have simply been repaired, refurbished, restored, rehabilitated, renovated, revamped, reconditioned, reconstructed, remodelled, refitted or rebuilt. And very well too. Located next to the Meiji Shrine and Yoyogi Park, the Yoyogi National Stadium with its famed suspended roof design, originally built for aquatics and basketball – also designed by Tange in the early 1960s – will this year stage handball, wheelchair rugby and badminton. Te Asaka Shooting Range, built in 1964, boasts a new temporary structure, and the Metropolitan Gymnasium – home to gymnastics and water polo in 1964 – has been converted for use solely for table tennis. Nippon Budokan is the spiritual home of