Hibiya Open-Air Concert Hall
Hibiya Open-Air Concert Hall on a rainy day in 2023 | |
| Address | Chiyoda, Tokyo Japan |
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| Location | Hibiya Park |
| Coordinates | 35°40′20″N 139°45′15″E / 35.67236°N 139.75403°E |
| Owner | Tokyo Metropolitan Government |
| Capacity | 3,053 (Large Hall) 1,000 (Small Hall) |
| Construction | |
| Opened | July 1923 |
| Renovated | 1954, 1983 |
| Website | |
| Official website | |
The Hibiya Open-Air Concert Hall (Japanese: 日比谷野外音楽堂, Hepburn: Hibiya Yagai Ongakudō) is an outdoor music venue in Hibiya Park, located in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. Owned and managed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, music events are limited to weekends and holidays between April and October out of consideration for the surrounding urban area. The venue is scheduled to close for extensive rebuilding on October 1, 2025.
There are actually two concert halls - the smaller was erected during the Meiji era, and the larger was first built in the Taishō era. The larger venue is colloquially abbreviated to Yaon (野音). As the site of the first full-scale rock music concert in Japan, it is also referred to as the "Holy Land of Rock" (ロックの聖地, Rokku no Seichi).