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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]]