Honjo Stadium

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Japan play Tonga at Honjo on June 4, 2006

Honjō Stadium (北九州市立本城公園陸上競技場, Kitakyūshūshiritsu Honjōkōen Rikujōkyōgijō^?) is a small stadium (capacity approximately 10,000) in West Yahata ward, Kitakyushu city, Fukuoka prefecture, Japan.

It was the venue for Japan versus Tonga in the inaugural IRB Pacific 5 Nations rugby union tournament on June 4, 2006. The game celebrated the recent opening on March 16, 2006 of the New Kitakyushu Airport and was the first test match to be played in Kyūshū in 22 years. 8,100 spectators saw the game in a nearly full stadium.

Soccer is also played here, and there is an athletics track.

[edit] Access

The nearest station is JR Honjo station, 15 minutes walk away. The no. 30 bus from Orio Station takes about ten minutes to the stadium and costs 230 yen.