Camp Asaka

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Camp Asaka
朝霞駐屯地
Oizumi-gakuen-cho Nerima, Tokyo 178-8501 Near Tokyo in  Japan
Site information
Operator	Japan Ground Self-Defense Force
Location
Coordinates	35°46′53.06″N 139°35′47.13″E / 35.7814056°N 139.5964250°E / 35.7814056; 139.5964250
Area	909,701 m2
Site history
Built	1941 (1941)
Built by	Imperial Japanese Army (as Junior Military Academy)
Garrison information
Garrison	Eastern Army

Camp Asaka is a base of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force. It lies in four municipalities: Nerima, Tokyo; Asaka, Saitama; Wako, Saitama; and Niiza, Saitama. It serves as the headquarters of the Eastern Army.

The camp was originally the site of a golf course from 1930 to 1940. It served as the site of the Imperial Japanese Army Junior Military Academy from 1941 to 1945, and as a United States Army camp (South Camp Drake) from 1945 to 1960, during which time it housed part of the 1st Cavalry Division.

The Asaka Shooting Range was a firing range constructed on the site for the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, and hosted pistol and rifle shooting and the shooting part of the modern pentathlon. It was the temporary shooting venue for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Organization

Nearest Major Transportation Routes

• Expressways
  • Kan-Etsu Expressway: Nerima Interchange, Tokorozawa Interchange
  • Tokyo Gaikan Expressway: Wako Interchange
• General Roads: National Route 254 (Kawagoe Kaido), Saitama Prefectural Route 36 (Hoya-Shiki Line), Saitama Prefectural Road/Tokyo Metropolitan Road No. 40 (Saitama-Higashimurayama Line), Saitama Prefectural Road No. 108 (Tokyo-Asaka Line), Tokyo Metropolitan Road No. 311 (Ring Road No. 8), Tokyo Metropolitan Road No. 443 (Minami-Tanaka-cho–Asahi-cho Line)
• Railways: (Asaka Gate) Tobu Tojo Line, Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line and Fukutoshin Line Wako-shi Station—about a 30-minute walk
• Bus Routes
  • Main Gate: From Seibu Ikebukuro Line Oizumi-Gakuen Station, take the Seibu Bus bound for Nagakubo or bound for Narimasu Station South Exit via Nagakubo; get off at the Nagakubo bus stop and walk 5 minutes　
  • Asaka Gate: From Platform 3 at the South Exit of Wako-shi Station, take the Tobu Bus Route Wa-13 bound for the Self-Defense Forces Asaka Gate and get off at the Self-Defense Forces Asaka Gate bus stop (weekday mornings and evenings only; infrequent service)
• Ports
  • Port of Tokyo (Designated Specific Important Port)
• Airfields
  • Tokyo International Airport (Haneda Airport) (Class 1 Airport)
  • Chofu Airfield/Yokota Airfield/Iruma Air Base/Tachikawa Airfield (Other Airfields)
  • Tokyo Heliport (Public Heliport)

Notes

References

35°46′47″N 139°34′49″E / 35.779855°N 139.580344°E / 35.779855; 139.580344

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