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Sumo Wrestling Tokyo
8 Reviews I was unprepared to be so disappointed when the first sumo tournament of 2010 concluded. It was the first time i had paid attention to the sport, and I got hooked! The art, the balance, the...
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Baseball Tokyo
9 Reviews Japanese baseball is a completely different animal than it's american cousin. But like its brother in Cooperstown NY, the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame is home to greatest people that ever played the...
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Football (Soccer) Tokyo
6 Reviews We reached the Nissan Stadium 2 hours before kick off and there was nobody about. We eventaully learnt that many Japanese teams play at their smaller ground in April (no idea why). So we rushed over...
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Work Out Tokyo
2 Reviews Treveler and sport, always a question asked. Traveler can spend 1 hour at night before you go out for dinner or before you sleep. You can do it at your hotel, or any other gymnasium belong to the...
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Rugby Football Tokyo
3 Reviews Smart traveller know how to find the best way to move their body, you could be very tired of walking during the whole day in Tokyo, ..if you think you need more excercises, go to any night club...
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Swimming Tokyo
1 Review Finally, some guide relate to the water, swimming pool in door and out door. Open door pool at Jingu has been closed in 2003, now all young people focus on Yoyogi Plypic pool on Summer. You can...
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Volleyball Tokyo
1 Review Tokyo is the only country to organize the Volleyball World Cup Championship for Men and Women every year. The volleyball competition divided into 2 groups, 1 in Yoyogi Hall and the other 1 at Tokyo...
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Was surprised that young Japanese enjoyed skiing. From 1-2 hours drive from Tokyo, you can reach a ski slope. So skiing is a viable weekend sports even if you are willing to pay and wait. Ski gear, ski glasses and ski equipment seems to be important to be seen. Part of the good life.
In old days -not so old considering the thousands years of Japanese History- they would pull the car long distances to take you to inverosimile destinations. It was the begining of the Meiji Era -middle XIX century- and this "taxi" system was used for foreigners coming to Japan to show how a great society can become puritan (no more mixed public baths!!!) or how to deal with internal problems invading and making war to neighboor countries... The name of the vehicle passed to West. Later on karate, geisha, harakiri and fujiyama would follow....Why do I add it as a sport activity? Well you gotta see the young men and women doing this work and tell me about paying to a gym to get "fit".You can have a flavor of JINRIKISHA in major touristic spots... The one pictured here was taken in Kyoto´s Arashiyama.
Many Japanese are exercising, walking or jogging outside the large spaces around the Imperial Palace early in the morning before work. A good place to see the locals playing hard before working hard.
Ekiden, sometimes called a marathon relay in English, is a long-distance relay, road race."Ekiden " in Japanese combines the characters for "station" and "transmit".Ekiden originated in Japan, although the concept of a long distance relay race is probably not original or unique to any country.The first Ekiden race was spnsored by the Yomiuri Shinbun in 1917, and was run over three days between the old Japanese capital of Kyoto and mordern capital of Tokyo, a distance of 508km, to celebrate the anniversary of the moving of the capital to Tokyo.The popularity of Ekiden in Japan is unsurpassed in any other country, and its popurarity has spread around the world with races run in New zealand, Canada, Spain, the Netherlands, China, Germany, France, the United States, Korea, and elsewhere.
The purpose of our trip was to watch Liverpool play in the FIFA Club World Championship. We saw 3 matches in all, 2 on the final day all with Category D tickets (the cheapest) but had excellent views in what is a well designed stadium. Access from the station was only a 5 minute walk away. The down side being the number of people attempting to access it at the same time. However access by road as also tedious as the traffic literally crawled away after the match doubling the journey time back to Tokyo.
Yakkyú as baseball is known in Japan is the national sport! This is serious business as all of you who care for sports know. However, the atmosphere on the stade was so friendly, I am sure there must be some supporter violence in Japan as well, but as far as I experienced it was all good smiles and the supporters of the different teams taking turns shouting slogans, not trying to overshout one another.We visited a game in Hiroshima featuring the local Hiroshima Carp. Go Carp!!
I went to watch the world cup and the organisation and stadiums were fantastic normally it's baseball that captures the imagination of the Japaneese people but the people loved the soccer and the world cup. i must be on 100's of photos for Japaneese people especially at the England v Nigeria game photo will follow. geisha girls and the like are on my photos a marvellous experience In June its very warm and can rain aa lot so pack shorts an umbrella and waterproofs
Baseball is probably the most popular sport in Japan. At list from the modern sports. As as you see in Europe every kinds playing football in Japan we saw them laying baseball.
A driving range, golf practice area in Japan is normally surrounded by the net and has two or tree floors to be played because many people have to play at the same time at the limited area.
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Park Hyatt Tokyo Tokyo
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Hotel Granvia Kyoto Kyoto
6 Reviews and 743 Opinions We stayed 3 nights at Kyoto Granvia Hotel from Feb. 27 to Mar 1, 2008. We paid Yen 17,600 per night,...
The Ritz-Carlton Osaka Osaka
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Q: Hi there, Will arrive in Tokyo, Narit Airport for a layover and wanted to take advantage of seeing something. I will arrive at...
A: youre lucky to be arriving so early, so you will likely pass through immigration fairly quickly. lets still count with an hour just in case. you can either take the...
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