The National High School Rugby Tournament is held annually since 1917 at Kintetsu Hanazono Rugby Stadium in East Osaka, Japan from the end of December to early January. All 47 Prefectures of Japan are represented, with four extra teams (one from HokkaidÅ, one from Tokyo, and two from Osaka prefecture) to make up the numbers.
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