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{{Short description|Japanese Stadium}}
{{Infobox venue
| name              = Higashiosaka Hanazono Rugby Stadium <br/> 東大阪市花園ラグビー場
| nickname          = Hanazono
| image             = Kintetsu_Hanazono_rugby_stadium_Entrance_2018.jpg
| image_size        = 300px
| caption           = Hanazono after renovation
| fullname          = 
| former_names      = '''Hanazono Rugby Stadium''' (1929&ndash;Before WWII)<br />'''Hanazono Training Field''' (During WWII)<br />'''Hanazono Rugby Stadium''' (After WWII&ndash;1982)<br/>'''Kintetsu Hanazono Rugby Stadium''' (1982-2015)
| location          = [[Higashiosaka, Osaka]], Japan
| coordinates       = {{coord|34|40|8.2|N|135|37|35|E|type:landmark_region:JP-27|display=inline,title}}
| broke_ground      = 
| built             = 
| opened            = {{Start date and age|1929|11|22|df=yes}}
| expanded          = 1991
| renovated         = 2018
| construction_cost = {{yen|link=yes}}7.2 billion (Renovation in 2018<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/topics/ichiran/20180925-OYT8T50181.html|title=ラグビーの聖地・花園、Ｗ杯仕様に～ようやく大型画面とナイター照明|newspaper=読売新聞|date=2018-09-26|access-date=2019-01-16}}</ref>)
| owner             = City of Higashiosaka
| operator          = 
| surface           = Grass
| scoreboard        = Yes
| capacity          = 27,346<br/>30,000 (Expansion in 1991)
| suites            = 
| record_attendance = 
| dimensions        = 
| acreage           = 
| volume            = 
| tenants           = [[Kintetsu Liners]] (1929-present)<br />[[FC Osaka]] (2023–present)<br />[[2019 Rugby World Cup]]<br />[[All-Japan Rugby Football Championship]]<br />[[All-Japan University Rugby Championship]]<br />Kansai University Rugby Football League<br />[[National High School Rugby Tournament]]
| embedded          = 
| website           = {{official website|http://www.hos-ragby.com/}}
}}

The {{nihongo|'''Hanazono Rugby Stadium'''|東大阪市花園ラグビー場|Higashiōsaka-shi Hanazono Ragubī-ba}} in [[Higashiosaka, Osaka|Higashiosaka]] is the oldest [[rugby union]] stadium in Japan specifically dedicated to rugby. Its location is next to Hanazono Central Park (花園中央公園, ''Hanazono Chūō Kōen''). Owned by the City of Higashiosaka, it opened in 1929 with a capacity of 27,346.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worldstadiums.com/asia/countries/japan/kinki.shtml |title=World Stadiums - Stadiums in Japan :: Kinki |access-date=2014-12-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150223012508/http://www.worldstadiums.com/asia/countries/japan/kinki.shtml |archive-date=2015-02-23 }}</ref> 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 and J. League club, [[FC Osaka]].

The stadium was selected as one of the venues for [[2019 Rugby World Cup]] (Japan) which was the first [[Rugby World Cup]] to be held in Asia.<ref>{{cite web|title=World Rugby approves revised Japan 2019 hosting roadmap|url=http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/101763|publisher=World Rugby|access-date=22 October 2015}}</ref>

==World record==
On 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]].

==Football==
It hosted the [[J1 League]] game between [[Cerezo Osaka]] and [[Nagoya Grampus|Nagoya Grampus Eight]] played there on May 8, 1999.<ref>[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=4601 J.League]</ref>

[[FC Osaka]] hosted stadium in [[J3 League]] on 18 March 2023 against relegated team from J2 in last season [[Iwate Grulla Morioka]] after full calendar of J3 match on 20 January 2023.

==Renovation==
The stadium underwent a large scale renovation during 2017-18 to increase facilities in preparation for the Rugby World Cup.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hanazono-rugby-hos.com/facilities/ |title=施設概要・案内|publisher=花園中央公園管理事務所|access-date=2019-01-16 }}</ref> On 26 October 2018, Hanazono hosted an international fixture between [[Japan national rugby union team]] and [[World XV]] in celebration of the completion.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rugby-nippon.com/daihyo-1026|title=ラグビー日本代表が世界選抜に大善戦|publisher=ラグビー情報チャンネル|access-date=2019-01-16|date=2018-10-27|archive-date=2019-08-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190803130816/https://rugby-nippon.com/daihyo-1026|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==2019 Rugby World Cup matches==
{{Clear}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;" width="100%"
|-
!Date
!Time (JST)
!Team #1
!Res.
!Team #2
!Round
!Attendance
|-
|22 September 2019|||14:15||{{ru|ITA}}||style="text-align:center;"|47–22||{{ru|NAM}}||[[2019 Rugby World Cup Pool B|Pool B]]||20,354
|-
|28 September 2019|||13:45||{{ru|ARG}}||style="text-align:center;"|28–12||{{ru|TON}}||[[2019 Rugby World Cup Pool C|Pool C]]||21,971
|-
|3 October 2019||14:15||{{ru|GEO}}||style="text-align:center;"|10–45||{{ru|FIJ}}||[[2019 Rugby World Cup Pool D|Pool D]]||21,069
|-
|13 October 2019||14:45||{{ru|USA}}||style="text-align:center;"|19–31||{{ru|TON}}||[[2019 Rugby World Cup Pool C|Pool C]]||22,012
|}

==See also==

[[File:Kintetsu Hanazono rugby stadium.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Hanazono before the renovation.]]
[[File:Higashi Osaka Hanazono Rugby Stadium ground.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Hanazono after the renovation.]]
*[[Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium]]
*[[Level-5 stadium]]
*[[National Stadium (Tokyo, 1958)]]
*[[J.League]]
*[[Japan national rugby union team]]
*[[Top League]]
*[[2007–08 Top League]]
*[[Higashi-Hanazono Station]] – [[Kintetsu Railway|Kintetsu]] [[Nara Line (Kintetsu)|Nara Line]]
*[[List of stadiums in Japan]]
*[[Lists of stadiums]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{in lang|ja}} [http://hanazono-rugby-hos.com/ Stadium website]

{{2019 Rugby World Cup venues}}
{{FC Osaka}}
{{J3 League venues}}

[[Category:Sports venues in Osaka Prefecture]]
[[Category:Rugby union stadiums in Japan]]
[[Category:Football venues in Japan]]
[[Category:Rugby in Kansai]]
[[Category:1929 establishments in Japan]]
[[Category:Sports venues completed in 1929]]
[[Category:Higashiōsaka]]
[[Category:Kintetsu Group Holdings]]
[[Category:FC Osaka]]