Ahead of the World Cup, Japan's national team moved their practice locations to Monterrey on Thursday after players found an uneven pitch with dirt areas at their previous training location. The Japanese delegation announced that it had moved to El Barrial, Rayados de Monterrey's training ground, from the Liga MX team UANL Tigres' facility, where the practice was held on Wednesday. After training at the new location, everyone was satisfied, though the delegation did not explain why it relocated.

Take Kubo, a Japanese midfielder, remarked, "Yesterday's pitch wasn't very good, it was hard, there were holes...it wasn't good." "The players were afraid to start, to fight for every ball, so we had to change it."Japan's World Cup campaign begins on June 14 in Arlington, Texas, against the Netherlands. On June 20, they play Tunisia in Monterrey, and on June 25, they travel to Texas to play Sweden.Kubo, who plays for Real Sociedad, said, "The pitch is much better today." "I want to thank everyone who made this possible."
On June 8, the Samurai Blue will travel to Nashville, Tennessee, for their official World Cup training camp.