Racecourses in Japan

Racecourses in Japan are among the busiest in the horseracing world. The country holds an average of about two thousand race meetings annually, with close to 18,000 flat and jump races.

Japanese racecourses are also among the most luxurious in the world, featuring state of the art grandstand and the biggest and latest widescreen monitors.

There are a total of 30 racecourses in Japan, ten of which are run by the Japan Racing Association (JRA). This includes:

• Tokyo Racecourse (Fuchu, Tokyo)
• Nakayama Racecourse (Funabashi, Chiba)
• Kyoto Racecourse (Kyoto, Kyoto)
• Hanshin Racecourse (Takarazuka, Hyogo)
• Sapporo Racecourse (Sapporo, Hokkaido)
• Hakodate Racecourse (Hakodate, Hokkaido)
• Fukushima Racecourse (Fukushima, Fukushima)
• Niigata Racecourse (Niigata, Niigata)
• Chukyo Racecourse (Toyoake, Aichi)
• Kokura Racecourse (Kitakyushu, Fukuoka)

Meanwhile, the National Association of Racing (NAR) oversees 20 racecourses. These are:

• Asahikawa Racecourse (Asahikawa, Hokkaido)
• Sapporo Racecourse (Sapporo, Hokkaido)
• Mombetsu Racecourse (Hidaka, Hokkaido)
• Obihiro Racecourse (Obihiro, Hokkaido)
• Morioka Racecourse (Morioka, Iwate)
• Mizusawa Racecourse (Oshu, Iwate)
• Urawa Racecourse (Urawa-ku, Saitama)
• Funabashi Racecourse (Funabashi, Chiba)
• Ohi Racecourse (Shinagawa, Tokyo)
• Kawasaki Racecourse (Kawasaki, Kanagawa)
• Kanazawa Racecourse (Kanazawa, Ishikawa)
• Kasamatsu Racecourse (Kasamatsu, Gifu)
• Nagoya Racecourse (Nagoya, Aichi)
• Chukyo Racecourse (Toyoake, Aichi)
• Sonoda Racecourse (Amagasaki, Hyogo)
• Himeji Racecourse (Himeji, Hyogo)
• Fukuyama Racecourse (Fukuyama, Hiroshima)
• Kochi Racecourse (Kochi, Kochi)
• Saga Racecourse (Tosu, Saga)
• Arao Racecourse (Arao, Kumamoto)