Period+8+Japan+Sports

Japanese sumo wrestling is traditional sporting event in Japan and has many religious reasons towards this sport. Shinto’s beliefs have been closely related to sumo wrestling by performing many rituals. Football, sumo and baseball are the most popular professional sports in Japan. Martial arts practitioners aren’t professional, but amateurs play this sport. Some sports that play under the semi-professional organizations are basketball, AFL, baseball, cricket, and rugby. For a moderate fee private sports clubs are open for kids aging from kindergarten to lower elementary. Every winter and summer contests and tournament are competed at the prefectural and national-wide levels. The health and sports day is a national holiday of Japans that is held the second Monday of October. In 2019, Japan will be hosting the Rugby world cup. media type="googlemap" key="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&q=japan+baseball+stadium&sll=34.720945,135.361905&sspn=0.004568,0.016994&ie=UTF8&split=1&filter=0&rq=1&ev=zi&radius=0.58&hq=japan+baseball+stadium&hnear=&ll=34.721442,135.361482&spn=0.004568,0.016994&t=h&z=14&iwloc=A&cid=6072020268063187138&output=embed" width="425" height="350"