Toshima Public Hall, Former theater in Higashi-Ikebukuro, Japan.
Toshima Public Hall was a two-storey reinforced-concrete multipurpose hall in Higashi-Ikebukuro, also known as Miraiza Ikebukuro. Its auditorium seated 802 people: 546 on the ground floor, 256 in the balcony and 6 wheelchair spaces. It stood next to the ward office and was demolished after closing in February 2016.
Toshima Public Hall was a two-storey reinforced-concrete hall with 802 seats, demolished after closing in February 2016. Its site was redeveloped as part of Hareza Ikebukuro, which opened in stages in 2019 and 2020. The hall received a special award at the 25th Japan Film Critics Awards.
The hall's name was also rendered as Miraiza Ikebukuro, and it won the special award in the live-action division at the 25th Japan Film Critics Awards. The building closed in February 2016 and was later demolished along with the neighbouring ward office buildings.
The hall closed in February 2016 and was demolished together with the adjacent ward office buildings and the citizens' center. Its site is now part of Hareza Ikebukuro, where the hall building Tokyo Tatemono Brillia HALL, the new Toshima Civic Center and the reworked Nakaikebukuro Park opened in November 2019, and Hareza Tower followed on 1 July 2020. Look for the complex around the former ward office block in Higashi-Ikebukuro.
The hall received a special award in the live-action category at the 25th Japan Film Critics Awards. It closed in February 2016 and was demolished together with the neighbouring ward office buildings; its site is now part of Hareza Ikebukuro, where Tokyo Tatemono Brillia HALL opened in November 2019.
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