M-Wave
M-Wave is a indoor arena in Nagano, Japan that opened in 1996. Its recorded capacity is 20,000.
Key facts
M-Wave is a indoor arena in Nagano, Japan that opened in 1996. Its recorded capacity is 20,000. It is owned by Nagano City. It is operated by M-Wave Corporation. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are 2004 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships, 2014 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships, 2015 Japanese Single Distance Speed Skating Championships, Q97202443, Q97202455.
- Location
- Nagano, Japan
- Type
- Indoor arena
- Capacity
- 20,000
- Opened
- 1996
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- Nagano City
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
- Playing surface
- Ice
M-Wave is at latitude 36.640556, longitude 138.240319, in Nagano, Japan. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.
Data table for this chart
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Latitude | 36.640556 |
| Longitude | 138.240319 |
| City | Nagano |
| Region | Nagano |
| Country | Japan |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Technology
| Feature | Recorded as | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface | Ice | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
See the venue technology guides for how these work.
Naming rights
No naming history is recorded for this venue.
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Nagano City | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Operator | M-Wave Corporation | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships | Not mapped | 1996 to present | Current | Source |
| 2014 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships | Not mapped | 1996 to present | Current | Source |
| 2015 Japanese Single Distance Speed Skating Championships | Not mapped | 1996 to present | Current | Source |
| Q97202443 | Not mapped | 1996 to present | Current | Source |
| Q97202455 | Not mapped | 1996 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
10 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.
| Date | Table | Field | From | To | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 October 2026 | venue_features | (created) | not set | 1447 | 2026-10 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | capacity | 10000 | 20000 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372082668 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 19418 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 19417 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 7675 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 7674 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 7673 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 7672 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 7671 | 2026-09 |
Sources and licenses
Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The site as a whole is built from these sources:
- Wikidata: CC0 1.0. Data from Wikidata, released under CC0 1.0 Universal.
- OpenStreetMap: ODbL 1.0. © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0). See https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright.
- Wikipedia: CC BY-SA 4.0. Text from Wikipedia, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.
Row-level sources used for this venue: