Rohm Theatre Kyoto, Concert hall in Okazaki Park, Kyoto, Japan.
Rohm Theatre Kyoto is a concert hall in Okazaki Park, Kyoto. The complex comprises three performance spaces: a main hall with 2005 seats, a south hall with 716 seats, and a smaller north hall for 200 guests.
Kunio Maekawa designed the original Kyoto Kaikan, which opened in 1960. After a complete renovation it reopened in 2016 under its new name.
The name comes from Rohm, the Kyoto semiconductor firm whose ¥5.25 billion contribution secured 50 years of naming rights, announced before the 2016 reopening. The Kyoto Symphony Orchestra gave its subscription concerts in the first hall from 1960 to 1995, and in 2010 marked the 50th anniversary with Beethoven's Ninth under Michiyoshi Inoue, repeating the work played at the 1960 opening.
The building stands at 13 Okazakisaishoji-cho and is easily reached from Higashiyama Station on the Tozai subway line. Several bus routes also stop nearby, connecting the venue with central Kyoto.
The company ROHM funded the renovation with approximately 5.25 billion yen and received the naming rights in return. This arrangement between a semiconductor manufacturer and a municipal cultural institution remains rather uncommon in Japan.
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