The Miyamoto Musashi Budokan is a dōjō where is practiced budō, the word kan built in the province of Mimasaka in Ōhara-Cho cradle of Miyamoto Musashi was inaugurated on May 20, 2000 the days after his anniversary date. This budokan is dedicated to the official martial arts of Japan. It brings together all the saber and kendo traditional schools. All Japanese martial arts are called to this precinct, the heart of traditional Japan. This budokan achieves the unification of martial disciplines not only in practice but also historically and culturally. The inauguration took place in the presence of many Japanese officials including Sensei Tadashi Chihara guarantor and tenth of the line of Miyamoto Musashi, the mayor of Ōhara-Cho Fukuda Yoshiaki, Élisabeth Lamure mayor of Gleizé, and several saber and kendo schools representative of traditional and contemporary Japan.
Infrastructure
The main arena on the first floor can receive six kendo courts. The second floor contains 838 spectator seats. International kendo competitions are regularly organized there.
Main arena 1,376 m2,
* 6 kendo,
* 2 volleyball
* 1 basketball
* 8 badminton
Room dedicated to Budo 322 m2,
* 2 Kendo,
* 2 Judo
Auxiliary facilities: training room, meeting room, fitness room, health / physical consultation room, rest room, equipment depot, changing rooms, shower rooms, room dedicated to broadcasting, offices
Architecture
The project was designed by Sensei Tadashi Chihara guarantor and tenth of the line of Miyamoto Musashi. The architectural design of the Miyamoto Musashi Budokan was entrusted to Wataru Numata. The structure of the main arena surrounded by two floors above the ground is made of reinforced concrete. The total floor area is 6049 m2. The building has been certified by Heart Building. This Budokan represents a samurai helmet or kabuto symbol of the Okayama prefecture and recalls the label as well as the central personality of the Japanese culture and native of the country, Musashi. The delivery took place in May 2000 preceding the inauguration of May 20, 2000, in memory of the anniversary date of Miyamoto Musashi.
Franco-Japanese link
The inauguration of the Miyamoto Musashi Budokan enabled the perpetuation of the twinning between the inhabitants of Ōhara and the inhabitants of Gleizé. On March 4, 1999, the village of Ōhara was twinned with Gleizé in the presence of Sensei Tadashi Chihara guarantor and tenth of the line of Miyamoto Musashi who notably carried the mandate of the mayor of Ōhara at the time Yuki Hiroshi, and in the presence of the mayor by Gleizé, Mrs. Élisabeth Lamure. Following an official presentation of martial arts, the “Miyamoto Musashi School” from Japan located in Ōhara-Cho proposes to make the Gleizé Dojo the main school of Miyamoto Musashi in the West and gives it the koryū title. On Thursday March 4, 1999, this dojo officially acquired the name "Dojo Miyamoto Musashi". The event continues with the official invitation of Japan to the newly elected mayor Fukuda Yoshiaki, with the subsequent visit of the mayor of Gleizé on May 20, 2000 to Ōhara for the inauguration of the Miyamoto Musashi Budokan and by the presence of a large delegation of Japanese authorities. The Heiho Niten Ichi Ryu Memorial located in Gleizé was established to promote and guarantee the memory of these relations as well as of the regions and countries which officially and successively joined them; Japan, France, Cambodia, ASEAN, Russia and in parallel, the province of Mimasaka, the Rhône-Alpes region, the Center region and the Burgundy region. Each of the seventeen flags of the Heiho Niten Ichi Ryu Memorial floated successively in front of the façade of the Miyamoto Musashi Budokan in order to recall the close bond that unites the two communes. Similarly, in May of each year, several carp or koinobori float at the memorial masts.
