Yachiyo Junior High School's Sports Day

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In Japan every school has one day in the fall when all of the students and their parents participate in fun games/sports. Today was Yachiyo Junior Highschool's Sports Day, so I went to watch for a few hours in the morning. I thought it was going to be far more serious and competitive, but it turned out to be a fun day with games such as "tug-of-war," or "tsunahiki" as it is called in Japanese. It was a good day!

P.S... Mom, this is for you: I took pictures of everything I pass on my walk to school, the pictures will be posted in order so that you can imagine my walk. It takes about 10 minutes.

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Photos

Walk to Yachiyo J.H.S. Pic#1
Oh, this picture is looking back. At the hydro poles I made a left onto this street... my apartment is just around the corner.

Walk to Yachiyo J.H.S. Pic#5
To the right of this path is a rice field. There are many rice fields in my area.

Walk to Yachiyo J.H.S. Pic#8
At the top of this hill is the Junior High School, but I didn't take a picture of it because there were too many people there, lol, and I didn't want to look like a tourist. However, being the only foreigner there, I don't think it worked!

Red teams performance
The older kids were divided into two teams, Red and White, for this competition, I am not sure what it was all about, but I was a "honorary judge" for it. I thought both the Red and White team did a good job.

Red team's performance

White Team
When judging the two teams I was asked to rate the volume of their voices, the dynamics of the presentation, etc. After handing in my sheet they all laughed at me because although I did not put my name on the sheet, they knew which one was mine because I wrote out all of the kanji meanings in English. Oops!

White Team's performance

tug-of-war or "tsunahiki"
This was for parents only.

Traditional Festival Dance
This was a traditional festival dance, the whole school (66 students) were doing this.

Traditional Festival Dance
This was a traditional festival dance, the whole school (66 students) were doing this.

Comments

[Mom]

way to school
TQ for the walking tour - now I can see where you are - it looks lovely. Great Scenery ! Luv U