Nagoya Sports Center (Osu Skate Rink)

名古屋市中区 · Public skating times & prices

A 56 by 26 m year-round rink on the upper floor of a 1984 housing block, home to Nagoya's champion skaters

Public skating at Nagoya Sports Center (Osu Skate Rink): the next 7 days

Monday, October 12

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Tuesday, October 13

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Wednesday, October 14

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Thursday, October 15

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Friday, October 16

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Saturday, October 17

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Sunday, October 18

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Address
門前町1-60, 名古屋市中区, 460-0018
Phone
+81 52 321 1591
Website
nsc-osuskate.jp
The Nagoya Sports Center building in Monzen-cho, Naka ward, which holds the Osu skating rink on its upper floor — Nagoya Sports Center (Osu Skate Rink)
The Nagoya Sports Center building in Monzen-cho, Naka ward, which holds the Osu skating rink on its upper floor Photo: Tomio344456 · Source · CC BY-SA 4.0
The ice sheet at Osu Skate Rink in the Nagoya Sports Center, seen from the yellow boards across the white ice, with sponsor signs along the far wall and a few skaters in the distance — Nagoya Sports Center (Osu Skate Rink)
The ice sheet at Osu Skate Rink in the Nagoya Sports Center, seen from the yellow boards across the white ice, with sponsor signs along the far wall and a few skaters in the distance Photo: Google Maps listing · Source

Osu Skate Rink, the Nagoya rink of Mao Asada and Midori Ito, open since 1953

The Nagoya Sports Center opened on 20 September 1953 on the site of the Osu baseball ground, and is known as the Osu Skate Rink. It was rebuilt in December 1984 in a joint project with the Housing and Urban Development Corporation, so the rink now sits on the second floor of a block of apartments, and it was refitted in 2013 for its 60th anniversary.

The ice measures 56 by 26 metres and is open all year, with 230 seats. The rink counts the Olympic silver medallists Midori Ito, Mao Asada and Shoma Uno among the athletes who have trained here, and its gallery shows skates they wore. It also trains ice hockey players for the Tokai region.

Public sessions need no booking. A Sports Day brings races and tug-of-war on the ice, exhibitions and beginner lessons.

Before you head out.

Admission, rentals and arrival details, researched from official rink information. Source checks stay current for 30 days.

Admission

Public skating costs ¥1,500 for adults, ¥1,300 for students from junior high to university and ¥900 for children up to elementary school, each plus ¥500 for hire skates; spectators who only enter pay ¥300. Prices include tax.

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Skates & rentals

Hire skates come in three kinds: figure skates from 16 to 31 cm, hockey skates from 19 to 29 cm and stable two-blade Bob skates for infants.

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Booking & check-in

No reservation is needed: anyone can skate in any season without booking.

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Skating with children

Small children who find it hard to skate alone can ride the Ashika-kun sledge, available to elementary school children and younger for ¥500 per 30 minutes.

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Parking & arrival

The building has 50 paid car-parking places.

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Accessibility

Skaters who show a disability certificate pay ¥200 less for skating, for the holder only.

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A source check records what the rink published on that date. Session-specific booking details take precedence.