This is a presentation about Japan's national sports. I made the presentation at an English class. If you would like to see this slides, please download this file. It's better.

1. Sports in Japan
Kushiro National College of Technology
Advanced Course of Information and Electronic Systems Engineering
Yuta Igarashi

2. I can’t answer in English!

3. Sports
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4. Popular Sports
• Baseball
• Football
• Basketball
• Rugby union
• Sumo
• Figure skating etc.
Wikipedia - JBL,野球,norio.nakamura,
Wikipedia -- Rugby Union in Japan,
Wikipedia Wikipedia Sport in Japan,
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Wikipedia
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5. Favorite Professional Sports
Popularity vote of professional sports (%, 2011)
Professional
Motor wretling, 3.1 Others, 5.7
racing, 7.7
Boxing, 7.7
Baseball, 45.1
Sumo, 15.1
Golf, 19.9
Football, 28.9

6. “I’d like to
introduce
about sports in
Japan.”
“In Japan”.

7. Japanese Martial Arts or Ways
Sumo
Aikido
Judo
Karate
Kendo Kendo
Sumo
Kyudo etc.
Kyudo

8. Sumo

9. What’s Sumo?
1. A competitive full-contact wrestling sport.
2. Sumo wrestler is called “Rikisi”.
3. Two wrestlers fight in a circular ring(Dohyo).
4. The sport originated in Japan.

10. Rules of Sumo
• A rikisi attempts
– to forced another wrestler out of a circular ring.
– to touch the ground with anything other than the
soles of the feet.

11. How a bout goes
3.
2.
1.
Won!
Fighting!
Wikipedia -
Sumo, “http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/

12. Kendo

13. What’s Kendo?
1. Meaning "Way of The Sword”.
2. A physically and mentally challenging activity
that combines martial arts practices.
3. Values with sport-like strenuous physical
activity.

14. Equipment and Clothing
Kote
Do Tare
Men
Shinai

15. Kyudo

16. What’s Kyudo?
1. A modern Japanese martial art.
2. Kyudo practitioners are referred to as kyudoka.
3. Originated with the samurai class of feudal Japan.
4. Practiced by thousands of people worldwide.

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19. “Have you ever been to Japan?”
If you say no, you should go to Japan.
Good
experience!!

20. List of Reference
1. Wikipedia - Sport in Japan,
”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport_in_Japan”.
2. Wikipedia - Sumo,
“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumo”.
3. Grand Sumo Home Page, “http://sumo.goo.ne.jp/eng/index.html”.
4. Wikipedia - Kendo,
“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kendo”.
5. Wikipedia - Kyudo,
“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyudo”.

21. Thank you for listening!