Hamamatsu Arena
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is a multipurpose indoor sporting arena located in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka
, Japan
. It is a 15-minute walk from Tenryūgawa Station
on the Tōkaidō Main Line
railway, or a 10-minute drive from the Hamamatsu Interchange on the Tōmei Expressway
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With a capacity for seating 8,000 spectators, Hamamatsu Arena was opened in 1990. It has been used for numerous music concerts and sporting events, notably the Group C games for the 2006 FIBA World Championship
. Hmamatsu Arena is also the home stadium for the Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix
bj league
professional basketball team.
Hamamatsu, Shizuoka
is a city located in western Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. On July 1, 2005, the city merged with 11 surrounding cities and towns. It became a city designated by government ordinance on April 1, 2007.- History :...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. It is a 15-minute walk from Tenryūgawa Station
Tenryugawa Station
is a railway station on the Tōkaidō Main Line of Central Japan Railway Company in Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. The station is 252.7 rail kilometers from Tokyo Station.-History:...
on the Tōkaidō Main Line
Tokaido Main Line
The is the busiest trunk line of the Japan Railways Group , connecting Tōkyō and Kōbe stations. It is long, not counting its many freight feeder lines around the major cities...
railway, or a 10-minute drive from the Hamamatsu Interchange on the Tōmei Expressway
Tomei Expressway
The is a national expressway on the island of Honshū in Japan. It is operated by Central Nippon Expressway Company. It is a part of Asian Highway Network -Naming:The word Tōmei is an acronym consisting of two kanji characters...
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With a capacity for seating 8,000 spectators, Hamamatsu Arena was opened in 1990. It has been used for numerous music concerts and sporting events, notably the Group C games for the 2006 FIBA World Championship
2006 FIBA World Championship
The 2006 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Japan from August 19 to September 3, 2006. It was co-organised by the International Basketball Federation , Japan Basketball Association and the 2006 Organizing Committee...
. Hmamatsu Arena is also the home stadium for the Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix
Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix
is a bj league professional basketball team, based in the Hamamatsu and eastern Mikawa region of central Japan.The team was founded in 1965 as the company team of the OSG Corporation, a Toyokawa-based machine parts manufacturer. It remained a local team in Aichi prefecture until 1995, when it first...
bj league
Bj league
The bj league is a professional basketball league in Japan that began on November 5, 2005. The ten team league is divided into two conferences, the Eastern Conference, and the Western Conference. It had its inaugural All-Star game in 2006. One of its major sponsors is Spalding.The bj league...
professional basketball team.