RWC 2019- Sapporo Stadium

Capacity: 41, 484

This northern all-weather stadium is home to the Consaladore Sapporo football team & the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters baseball team. Famous for the “floating pitch” which slides in and out on matchdays.. A flight from Tokyo to Sapporo is approx 1.5 hrs and the Dome is about 1 hour by train/bus from Sapporo Airport (CTS). Features an observatory accessed by a 60m-long aerial escalator affording wonderful views of the arena below and the area around.Previously a venue for 3 games during the 2002 FIFA World Cup it hosts the following rugby matches in 2019!

Date Pool Match Time
Sep 21st (Saturday) D Australia vs. Fiji 13:45
Sep 22nd (Sunday) C England vs. Tonga 19:15

Access:

From downtown Sapporo take the Toho line on the subway and depart at Fukuzumi station- approx. 10 mins walk from there! From Sapporo Airport (New Chitose) take the airport shuttle bus direct

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