Not surprisingly, Toyota is called the “City of Automobiles” stemming from one of the world’s top car manufacturers having its headquarters there.

Located at the geographic centre of Japan, Aichi prefecture and Toyota can also lay claim to being the centre of Japanese rugby.

The club team affiliated with the carmaker has won a number of national championships over the years and enjoys wide popularity.

The venue, completed in 2001 and designed exclusively for field sports, is the largest of its type in Japan and is often used as home to the Nagoya Grampus football team.

With a retractable roof, the stadium also hosted matches during the 2002 Fifa World Cup.