Nakayama Racecourse was built in 1990 in Funabashi, Chiba, Japan, for horse racing and up to 165,676 spectators.

Funabashi is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 December 2020, the city had an estimated population of 644,668 in 309,238 households and a population density of 7,500 inhabitants per square kilometre (19,000/sq mi). The total area of the city is 85.62 square kilometres (33.06 sq mi). It is the Greater Tokyo Area's 7th most populated city, and second largest in Chiba Prefecture.