Okuma Auditorium 早稲田大学Waseda University大隈講堂

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全球聲援香港爭取真普選 United for Democracy: Global Solidarity with Hong Kong
昨天(30/9) 下午4：30，超過300位在日港人、大陸、台灣、日本及其他國家的朋友

一起在早稲田大学大隈講堂前一起挺香港，反對警方用暴力對待以和平方式爭取

民主的香港市民。

Today, over 300 people gathered in front of Waseda University Okuma Auditorium, showing support to Hong Kong's peaceful democratic movements.

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Soon after Shigenobu Okuma's death on 10 January, 1922, the planning of memorials dedicated to him commenced. The first decision was to construct a large auditorium, something Okuma had always dreamed of. The 3-storey main auditorium seats 1,435, while the secondary auditorium, located underground, can accommodate 382 people. A 7-storey high clock tower stands to the left of the auditorium. The tower, at 125 shaku (approx 38 meters), is associated with the 'life of 125 years' theory that Okuma advocated. The bells at the top of the tower were transported all the way across the Panama Canal from the MacLean Company in Baltimore, USA. It was the first time that four bells, large and small, had been used in Japan. The bells, which ring six times a day, produce the same harmony for the city of Waseda as Westminster Abbey does for London. As you enter the Auditorium, you will notice some oval-shaped transom windows on the roof. They represent the sun, moon and nine planets of our solar system, and symbolize the 'harmony of the universe', both inside and outside the Auditorium. The Auditorium was opened on October 20, 1927, about 5 years behind schedule, which was due in part to the Great Kanto Earthquake. In April 1999, the Auditorium was designated as the first, and the Old Library the second, of the 'Tokyo Metropolitan Historic Buildings', under the Tokyo Metropolitan Landscape Regulations, which aim to preserve buildings representative of Tokyo's history and culture. The auditorium was completely refurbished in 2007 to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the establishment of Waseda University, with the renovation work ending on October 2nd of the same year. The auditorium was designated as a national cultural asset on December 4th, 2007. The building has assumed considerable significance in Japanese architectural history as the second educational institution to be built during the Showa Period.