The U.S. national women's hockey team will arrive in Japan Thursday to hold six exhibition games in Gifu Prefecture, the Japan Hockey Association said Wednesday.

After playing against the Sony Ichinomiya on Saturday and Sunday and against Tokai Women's University on Tuesday, the U.S. squad will take on the Japanese national team on March 12, 14 and 15 all at the Green Stadium in Kagamihara in the central Japan prefecture, the association said.