International Stadium Yokohama

The International Stadium Yokohama (Yokohama Kokusai Sōgō Kyōgi-jō), a.k.a Nissan Stadium (Nissan Sutajiamu) is a sports venue in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The Yokohama City Office planned multi purpose about the rest place for flood by the Tsurumi River, which included the construction of the main stadium of major sport events – the 53rd National Sports Festival of Japan (Kokutai) in Kanagawa Prefecture in 1998, and the 2008 Summer Olympics in Yokohama.

The Stadium inaugurated in March 1998. It is the home stadium of Yokohama F. Marinos of the J. League and it hosted the National Sports Festival as its main stadium, under its first planning in the opening year. Yokohama International Stadium has the highest seating capacity of any stadium in Japan, with a total of 72,327 seats.