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Japanese Sports, Great Pastime Created by: Trevor

//__** Brief Introduction **__// Japan has many different sports but the most common ones are baseball,football(soccer),and other ball sports. Some martial arts include Judo, Kendo, and Karate which are very popular and practiced at young ages. Japan has really no official sport.Except professional sumo claim that they are the sport of Japan.


 * //__ Sumo __//**

The sport of sumo wrestling is a very tough sport because you're trying to tackle and pin a roughly 400 pound man. This is not only for entrertainment purposes but also its religious. If a match was religiuos then they are done in divination. For example, if a farmer and fishermen wrestled each other, whoever wins will have ethier a good harvest or a big catch.

**//__List of Japanese Sports__//** Traditional Sports
 * 1) Aikido
 * 2) Takagari (falconry)
 * 3) Iadio
 * 4) Judo
 * 5) Jujustu
 * 6) Karate
 * 7) Kemari
 * 8) Kendo
 * 9) Kenjutsu
 * 10) Kyudo
 * 11) Naginatajutsu
 * 12) Sumo
 * 13) Yabusame
 * 14) Baseball
 * 15) Cricket
 * 16) Soccer

Imported Sports
 * 1) Football
 * 2) Some baseball
 * 3) Cricket
 * 4) American football
 * 5) Rugby
 * 6) Table Tennis
 * 7) Baseketball
 * 8) Volleyball
 * 9) Field Hockey
 * 10) Lacrosse
 * 11) Puroreso
 * 12) Raquetball

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