Hanazono Rugby Stadium 3.1

The Higashiosaka Hanazono Rugby Stadium in Higashiosaka is the oldest dedicated rugby union stadium in Japan. There is next to Hanazono Central Park . Owned by city of Higashiosaka, it opened in 1929 and has a capacity of 30,000. It is the stage for the annual National High School Rugby Tournament held every year at the end of December and has hosted important international, Top League games.Hanazono is the home of the Kintetsu Liners rugby union team.The stadium has been selected as one of the venues for 2019 Rugby World Cup which will be the first Rugby World Cup to be held in Asia.World recordOn May 14, 2006 Daisuke Ohata broke the record for the most overall tries in test matches at Hanazono with a hat trick for Japan against Georgia. The previous record holder was David Campese.