Be a sport

Just a bit of blatant self advertising, but this idea might be useful for other CIRs out there.

Here in Ibaraki at the international affairs division we are in the midst of planning an "International Sports Day" which we have nicknamed "Be a Sport"

The plan is to use sport to break down communication barriers between the Japanese people and foriegners living in Ibaraki through the use of an "universal language" of sport. This year is the UN's International year of Sport and Physical Education we were able to get a bit of a budget
to run such an event.

We have chosen sports that most Japanese people will have never had access to before and we are going to use other JETs from our prefecture as instructors.

Some of the sports we will use include
- Cricket
- American Football
- Ultimate Frisbee
- Petanque
- Double dutch
- Dodge ball
- Kickball
- Baggo

If any of you are in the Ibaraki area please come along and play along with us! The more the merrier.

Here are the details:
Date: Saturday 29th October
Place: Sakura Hiroba, Lake Senba Park, Mito, Ibaraki
Time: 10am - 3.30pm