is a football (soccer)

Football (soccer)

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 venue in Yokohama

Yokohama

is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second largest city in Japan by population after Tokyo and most populous municipality of Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu...

, Japan

Japan

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. The official name is "Yokohama F.Marinos MM21 Training Center". It is the head office and training facility of the Yokohama F.Marinos. It is located in the Minato Mirai 21 (Nishi-ku

Nishi-ku, Yokohama

is one of the 18 wards of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the ward had an estimated population of 93,027 and a density of 13,210 persons per km². The total area was 7.04 km².-Geography:...

) area of Yokohama. The closest station to Marinos Town is Shin-Takashima Station

Shin-Takashima Station

is an underground metro station located in Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan operated by the Yokohama Minatomirai Railway’s Minatomirai Line. It is 0.8 kilometers from the terminus of the Minatomirai Line at Yokohama Station...

 on the Minato Mirai Line

Minato Mirai Line

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.

Before moving to Marinos Town, the Yokohama F.Marinos trained in Totsuka training center (Totsuka-ku

Totsuka-ku, Yokohama

is one of the 18 wards of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the ward had an estimated population of 273,418 and a density of 7,640 persons per km². The total area was 35.70  km².-Geography:...

) and had their front office at Shin-Koyasu (Kanagawa-ku

Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama

is one of the 18 wards of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the ward had an estimated population of 230,401 and a density of 9,650 persons per km²...

). This was considered to be detrimental to the smooth running of the club.

The construction plan was announced on November 29, 2004. Work start of training pitches

Association football pitch

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 and shops on June 17, 2006, and other facilities on January 27, 2007. This new training facility has the clubhouse, front office and training pitches all in one location to aid communication between players and staff. In addition, it is more conveniently located near to Yokohama Station

Yokohama Station

is a main interchange station located in Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Japan. It is the busiest station in Kanagawa Prefecture and the 5th busiest in Japan as of 2004, serving 2.05 million passengers daily.-Lines:Yokohama Station is served by the following lines:...

 and Shin-Takashima Station for easy fan access. Marinos Town also contains a number of futsal

Futsal

Futsal is a variant of association football that is played on a smaller pitch and mainly played indoors. Its name is a portmanteau of the Portuguese futebol de salão and the Spanish fútbol de salón , which can be translated as "hall football" or "indoor football"...

 pitches which are available for public hire.

However, some controversy has been caused by the building of Marinos Town. The large expense of the project has meant that the finances of the team have become stretched. Supporters of the club point to the release of players such as Tatsuhiko Kubo, Daisuke Oku and Dutra as proof of this. Indeed, there is a certain amount of displeasure directed towards chairman Shigeo Hidaritomo because of these problems.

Facilities

• Area: about 45600m²
• Front office and clubhouse
• Four pitches (two natural turf
  Lawn
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  , two artificial turf
  Artificial turf
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  )
• Training slope
• Stands (2043seats)
• Yokohama F.Marinos official goods shop "TRICOLORE ONE"
• Italian
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   restaurant
  Restaurant
  A restaurant is an establishment which prepares and serves food and drink to customers in return for money. Meals are generally served and eaten on premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and food delivery services...
  
   "IVI"
• Convenience store
  Convenience store
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   "LAWSON
  Lawson (store)
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  "
• Parking
  Parking
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External links

• Marinos Town(Japanese)