Yachiyo Junior High School's Sports Day
September 11th 2005 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.
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