Transcript (たいいくのひ) - Upper St. Clair School District

(たいいくのひ)
TAIIKU NO HI
HEALTH SPORTS DAY
BY MADELINE HRABIK
General
• Held on the 2nd
Monday in October.
• Commemorates 1964
Summer Olympics
held in Tokyo
• Promotes sports, an
active and healthy
lifestyle, and physical
health
1964 Summer Olympics
• Held in Tokyo, Japan,
October 10th through 24th
1964
• Not held in summer as to
avoid rainy season
• First time Olympics were
held in Asia
• Held at Olympic Stadium
(top)
• Judo events held at
Nippon Budokan (bottom)
• Japan won 29 medals: 16
gold, 5 silver, 8 bronze
Health Sports Day
• Originally October 10th, the first day of the 1964
Summer Olympics, a day which historically has
had beautiful sunny days.
• Began in 1966
• After passage of Happy Monday Law (ハッピー
マンデー制度) in 1998 (took effect in 2000),
certain holiday dates were changed create more
three-day weekends.
• Since 2000, it as been the 2nd Monday in
October
Purpose
• Enhance awareness of physical activity amongst
all age groups
• To develop physical and mental health through
team-sports
• Be informed about physical health.
A Typical Health Sports Day
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Most communities and schools
have their field days (運動
undoukai) on Health Sports Day.
Individual and team competitions
are held.
Kyoiki no Mori Koen (教育の森公
園) is a popular place to go on
Health Sports Day. Visitors
receive statistical information on
their physical ability, go horseback
riding, receive health information
from counselors, and play
organized ball games.
Activities
• Races: 100 meters, 4x100
meter relay
• Tug-Of-War
• Mock Cavalry Battle (騎馬戦
kiba-sen) – three students
hoist a student wearing a hat
up on their shoulders. These
students race towards the
opposing team and the goal is
to knock the other team’s hat
off.
• Karimono-kyoso (かりもの競
走) – a foot race where the
runner is given a piece of
paper with a type of person or
item written on it. The runner
must obtain that item or person
to win.
Other Sports
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Basketball: バスケットボール
Volleyball: バレーボール
Tennis: テニス
Badminton: バドミントン
Ping-pong: 卓球 (たっきゅう)
Golf: ゴルフ
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Baseball: 野球 (やきゅう)
Horse riding: 乗馬 (じょうば)
Skating: スケート
Hockey: ホッケー
American football: アメリカン
フットボール
• Rugby: ラグビー
• Soccer: サッカー
ありがとう
ございます