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Tokyo’s Katsushika Ward is pressing ahead with plans for a dedicated soccer stadium, and a committee meeting on September 1 finalized a draft outline of what the facility “should look like.” The planned site is about a 10-minute walk from JR Shin-Koiwa Station, and it’s expected to become the first J1-standard stadium in Tokyo’s 23 wards. On 5ch, users discussed why Tokyo has never had a dedicated soccer stadium until now, the link to “Captain Tsubasa” since Katsushika is manga artist Yoichi Takahashi’s hometown, and debate over the stadium’s size and how often it would actually get used.
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A draft outline of what the facility “should look like” was finalized at a September 1 committee meeting for the “dedicated football stadium construction plan” that Katsushika Ward, Tokyo, is pursuing as part of local revitalization efforts. The planned site is about a 10-minute walk from JR Shin-Koiwa Station.
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Read the original article here
What people said
Feels like it's about time.
Baseball's stranglehold is the reason Tokyo could never get a soccer stadium built until now.
Sounds like old Kyoto Sanga all over again.
The tracks are staying put — they're repurposing part of the unused rail land to run buses instead.
Just under half the eastern side of the lot is for the stadium, and just over half the western side is for the park, so there's no room to slide the turf out.
There really are foreign tourists who travel to Yotsugi (Yoichi Takahashi's birthplace). There's basically nothing to see besides the station and a statue, so I was impressed people bother.
Don't need a park. If it's not made all-weather, the stadium ends up sitting diagonally on the square lot, which is inefficient.
Don't ask me, man.
Oh nice, they secured a good spot.
The original creator is from Katsushika — he just set Captain Tsubasa's story in Shizuoka.
Yoichi Takahashi, manga artist — born in Yotsugi, Katsushika Ward, Tokyo. Graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Minamikatsushika High School — that's where 'Nankatsu' [Tsubasa's team name] comes from.
The team isn't even in J3 yet, so a stadium that big would be pointless lol. Sure, if companies and residents across the 23 wards chipped in to make it the world's best team, fine — but the team's currently so weak it's questionable.
It's Tokyo, it'll work itself out somehow lol.
There'll be tons of demand, honestly —
J1
J2
J3
JFL
College soccer
High school soccer
Maybe even rugby too.
If it's natural grass, that's about right.
That size is just right, honestly — it matches the club's actual level.
Go drinking in Tateishi and you won't be saying it feels off anymore.
Background and key points of this topic
If Katsushika Ward gets a J1-standard dedicated soccer stadium, it will be the first in Tokyo’s 23 wards. Until now, Tokyo-based J.League clubs have mostly used general-purpose facilities like the National Stadium or Ajinomoto Stadium (in Chofu, outside the 23 wards) as their home grounds, and the lack of a dedicated stadium has long been seen as a persistent problem for soccer in the city. In the thread, users noted that the project is framed as an international exchange hub tied to “Captain Tsubasa,” since original creator Yoichi Takahashi is from Yotsugi in Katsushika Ward — though some pointed out the inconsistency, since the manga’s setting is said to be modeled on Shizuoka. Because the planned site is roughly square, discussion also centered on practical issues: whether to make the roof fully weatherproof, how to arrange the pitch, and mixed reactions to the planned capacity of only around 15,000.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou/Sports News+) thread “[J.League] Draft Plan Finalized for Katsushika Ward’s First J1 Soccer Stadium in the 23 Wards — International Exchange Hub Tied to ‘Captain Tsubasa’.”
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