Paloma Mizuho Stadium Live Cameras: Nagoya Traffic Cams

Paloma Mizuho Stadium takes its name from a 2015 naming-rights deal with Paloma, a Nagoya-based heating equipment manufacturer; the venue itself dates to 1941 as Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletics Stadium. The original stadium closed in November 2021 after 80 years, was demolished, and was rebuilt on the same site, reopening April 18, 2026 with a 30,000-seat capacity. Nagoya City owns and operates the facility, which also carries a temporary two-tier covered stand raising capacity to 35,000 for the 2026 Asian Games, where it hosts both the opening and closing ceremonies plus athletics competition.

The stadium is Nagoya Grampus's rebuilt home ground, shared with Toyota Stadium, and sits within the larger Mizuho Sports Park alongside the separate Paloma Mizuho Rugby Stadium (11,900 capacity). TrafficVision aggregates free, live JARTIC and Nagoya Expressway camera feeds covering the routes into Mizuho-ku, so you can check conditions before driving to a match, an athletics meet, or an Asian Games session.

Coverage Areas Around Paloma Mizuho Stadium

Asian Games Ceremony Days: September 19 and October 4

The 20th Asian Games (Aichi-Nagoya 2026) run September 19 through October 4, 2026, and Paloma Mizuho Stadium hosts both bookend events: the opening ceremony on September 19 and the closing ceremony on October 4. These two dates will draw the single largest crowds the rebuilt stadium sees all year, well above a typical Nagoya Grampus league match, and both fall on the temporary 35,000-seat configuration rather than the stadium's normal 30,000 capacity. Expect the heaviest pressure on National Route 1 and the Route 3 interchanges in the hours before each ceremony, with a concentrated dispersal surge afterward as the crowd clears at once.

Getting There: Subway, Not a Car

Two Nagoya Municipal Subway stations flank the stadium: Mizuho Undōjō Higashi (station M22, Meijo Line) on the east side and Mizuho Undōjō Nishi (station S13, Sakura-dori Line) on the west side. Neither is a JR (Japan Railways) station, despite that mix-up appearing in some event coverage. On-site parking at the Mizuho Sports Park is limited, and both the Meijo Line and Sakura-dori Line put a subway stop within walking distance of the venue on either approach, which is the more reliable option for a full-capacity ceremony crowd than driving in.

For Games sessions, arriving via the Sakuradori Line from Nagoya Station (roughly 20 minutes) or the Meijo Line loop is the standard recommendation over driving, particularly with two stations to spread arriving and departing crowds across.

Beyond the Asian Games: Nagoya Grampus and Track and Field

Outside the Games window, Paloma Mizuho Stadium is Nagoya Grampus's J1 League home ground (shared with Toyota Stadium) and functions as a multi-purpose athletics stadium, with a regulation 106 x 68 meter grass pitch surrounded by a running track. Traffic patterns for a Grampus league match are lighter than an Asian Games ceremony day but follow the same corridors: Route 3's Yobitsuki and Kasadera interchanges and National Route 1 into Mizuho-ku, with the two subway stations handling most matchday foot traffic.

Nagoya sits in a humid subtropical climate zone; late September still runs warm and humid, which is worth planning for if you're walking between a subway station and the stadium gates for an outdoor ceremony or athletics session.

For the full picture of the 2026 Asian Games across all 53 venues, see our Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games 2026 traffic cameras guide. For the rest of Japan's highway camera network, our Japan traffic cameras guide covers the country year-round, and our Tokyo and Osaka city guides cover the other major stops on a multi-city Japan itinerary.