Comments on: On School Sports Festivals, or: On Catching Small Boys Falling From The Sky in Japan

By: Pie

Pie — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 08:31:52 +0000

That Sounds Amazing! And Grats, Third Place!!… Wait. THERE WERE THREE TEAMS!! DX

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Wed, 18 Sep 2013 14:52:20 +0000

[…] you might see kids in shorts running around a field in the wintertime. Likewise, there are “sports festivals” held in the peak of the summer heat, in which children compete to form human pyramids with […]

By: On Being a Teenage Punk in Japan | This Japanese Life. | 生命を外面九天です

On Being a Teenage Punk in Japan | This Japanese Life. | 生命を外面九天です — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:02:47 +0000

[...] Sometimes there was crowd surfing. This usually happens because the singer asks for it. When you crowd surf in Japan, you can count on the crowd’s support, and to let you down gently when you come to the edge of the swarm (This is the only functional skill acquired during school sports days). [...]

By: Kaori

Kaori — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 14:17:27 +0000

I don’t know how I missed this post but this is great. I LOVED our Undokai, which we called Tai-iku-sai (体育祭) at our high school. We had one where only the girls played…and it was BRUTAL. There was always someone who broke their leg or arm but I don’t think that ever was an issue ;D

By: Blue Shoe

Blue Shoe — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 10:40:00 +0000

Heh…man, and I thought 騎馬戦 was dangerous (believe it’s been banned at a lot of schools).