Tokyo Detention House

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Tokyo Detention House, 1 Chome-35-1 Kosuge, Katsushika-ku, Tōkyō-to 124-0001, Japan

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N35° 45' 31" E139° 49' 3"   (35.758611111111, 139.8175) Start navigation »

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The Tokyo Detention House (東京拘置所, Tōkyō Kōchisho) is a correctional facility in Katsushika, Tokyo. A part of the penal system of Japan, it is operated by the Ministry of Justice.
One of Japan's seven execution chambers is in this facility. Hanging is Japan's method of execution. The execution chamber in Tokyo has a trap door. As the condemned dies, his or her body falls into a room below the execution chamber, and in that room the death is confirmed. Before the condemned is executed, he or she passes a statue of Amida Nyorai (Amitābha), a Buddhist deity. The execution room is in two sections, with both of them together the size of a 15 tatami mat room.

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