The Kashima rugby stadium for the 2019 Rugby World Cup is pictured in Kashima, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan August 17, 2018. REUTERS/Jack Tarrant
TOKYO (Reuters) - Kamaishi, one of the host cities for next year's Rugby World Cup and still recovering from the devastating earthquake and tsunami in 2011, held the inaugural match at its newly built Unosumai Memorial Stadium on Sunday.
More than 6,000 fans packed into the stadium, which will host two matches during the 2019 tournament and has been built on land that was previously the site of the local school that was wiped out by the tsunami seven years ago.
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