Camp Asaka | |
Native Name: | 朝霞駐屯地 |
Location: | Oizumi-gakuen-cho Nerima, Tokyo 178-8501 |
Nearest Town: | Tokyo |
Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 35.7814°N 139.5964°W |
Site Area: | 909,701 m2 |
Builder: | Imperial Japanese Army (as Junior Military Academy) |
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.[1] It was the temporary shooting venue for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2] [3]