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The Kushiro Ice Arena (釧路アイスアリーナ) is an arena in the city of
Kushiro is a city in Kushiro Subprefecture on the island of Hokkaido, Japan. Located along the coast of the North Pacific Ocean, it serves as the subprefecture's capital and it is the most populated city in the eastern part of the island. History An ...
,
Hokkaidō is the second-largest island of Japan and comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture, making up its own region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō from Honshu; the two islands are connected by railway via the Seikan Tunnel. The ...
,
Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
. It is primarily used for
ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...
, and is the home arena of
East Hokkaido Cranes The East Hokkaido Cranes () were a professional ice hockey team based in Kushiro, Hokkaido, Kushiro, Japan. They played their home games at the Kushiro Ice Arena. History The East Hokkaido Cranes formed in April 2019, as a Phoenix club (sports), ...
of the
Asia League Ice Hockey Asia League Ice Hockey (; ) or ALIH (AL) is an association which operates a professional ice hockey league based in East Asia, with teams from Japan, South Korea, and formerly China and Russia. The league is headquartered in Japan. At the end of ...
. The arena was formerly the home of the
Nippon Paper Cranes The were an Asia League Ice Hockey team based in Kushiro City in Hokkaidō, Japan. History The club was founded as Jūjō Paper Kushiro Ice Hockey Club in 1949. They adopted the new name Nippon Paper Cranes in 1993 when Jūjō Paper and Sanyō K ...
, until their dissolution in 2019. It was opened in 1996 and holds 2,539 seats, plus near 500 standing-room only. It is located near Japan National Route 38, close to the Nippon Paper plant, which is the former owner of the Paper Cranes.


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Japanese Hockey Arenas
Ice hockey venues in Japan Indoor arenas in Japan Sports venues completed in 1996 Sports venues in Hokkaido Sport in Kushiro 1996 establishments in Japan {{Japan-sports-venue-stub