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Narao JHS Sports Festival (体育大祭)

Narao JHS annual Sports Festival- March in and opening ceremony

The theme for this year's Sports Festival"全力疾走　一人ひとりが奈中の ＨＥＲＯ"


Unlike the Sports Day that we know in Singapore, the one that is held in every school in Japan is as the word implies, more like a festival than anything else.Students and teachers put in an immense amount of effort and time in preparing for this annual event. Parents and grandparents will be present at the day itself to cheer on the children and to take part in games together. There are the usual 100m, 200m and relay events but unlike the schools back home, they are not particularly strict about rules like passing the baton within the box etc. There are no high jump or long jump which are common in Singapore schools. Instead most of the events usually include some recreational elements and there is no such thing as disqualification. The main purpose of the event is really just to have fun together.


A traditional gymnastic item put up by the boys from all three levels in the school.

The girls performed a dance and cheerleading item.

Parent-child race or Oyako relay where both parent and child will jump into this big pair of shorts and complete part of a relay.

A view of the school ground taken from the main building during lunch break. It was wonderful weather to have sports day. You see the clear sky and the blue sea in the background? This is a lucky school to be situated in such a nice compound isn't it.

I was sitting at the teacher's tent and couldn't help but notice how amazing these clouds looked against the blue sky background. They were like big chunks of cotton candy floating right in front of my eyes. Have you seen clouds like these before?

posted by テレサ @ 10:37 PM