Nara Centennial Hall
building in Nara Prefecture, Japan
Nara Centennial Hall (なら100年会館, Nara Hyakunen Kaikan) is a multi-use complex in Nara, Japan. It opened in 1999 as part of the centennial celebrations of the municipality of Nara. There is a large hall that seats up to 1720, a smaller concert hall with a capacity of 446, and a gallery. Arata Isozaki was the architect, with acoustical design by Nagata Acoustics.
The public source identifies “Nara Centennial Hall” as building in Nara Prefecture, Japan. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Nara, Centennial and Hall.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 5, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6965228. Authority coordinates are 34.680, 135.816. 3 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 2 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1999 and 1720.
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This entry incorporates text from “Nara Centennial Hall” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.