[Coverage by Ayumi Hirodo]Behind the scenes of selecting the base camp site for the Japan National Soccer Team’s North and Central America World Cup[News Station](April 10, 2026)

There are only two months left until the North and Central America World Cup. The base camp site for Japan’s competing teams was opened to the media last week. The location is Nashville, Tennessee, located in the southern United States. Japan will travel by plane from their campsite in Nashville to Dallas in the United States for the first match against the Netherlands in the group stage. They will then return to Nashville to play the second game against Tunisia in Monterrey, Mexico, and return to Nashville a third time to play the third game against Sweden. Considering travel, it would have been ideal to base the team in Dallas, where the two games will be held, but Japan chose Nashville as their camp site.We asked Coach Moriyasu about the story behind that choice. #Soccer #Japan National Soccer Team #samuraiblue #Hajime Moriyasu #FIFA #FIFAworldcup #worldcup #Netherlands #Tunisia #Sweden #Nashville #Dallas #Monterrey #Moriyasu Japan #Atsuto Uchida #Ayumi Hirodo #TV Asahi Soccer #TV Asahi Sports #Hoso Station #Hosute Station #Hosute Sports
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