[4] It is also the home stadium of Japan national football team in almost every FIFA World Cup qualifying matches.

Built by Azusa Sekkei to host matches of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, construction was completed in September 2001.

The stadium holds 63,700 people, although for segregation reasons league games hosted at the ground have a reduced capacity of 62,300.

The ease of access of the stadium has been a problem known to the prefectural government,[5] academics[6] and the home team for years,[7] mostly concerning the congested road traffic and the fact that it is 20-minute walk from the nearest station, Urawa-Misono.

[6] The road congestion caught international attention in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers,[10] scheduled to kick-off at 19:35, October 15, 2024.