Office for Sports Promotion

November 2024, 7

Overview

Schedule

• November 6th (Sat) to 6th (Sun), 15

Message

〇Soccer camp (exchange through soccer)

• Each prefecture team exchange match
• Mixed team exchange match
• Clinic by former Nadeshiko Japan players Asano Nagasato and Erina Yamane

〇Earthquake disaster inheritance and experiential learning

• Experience Matsushima reconstruction storytelling, visit to Sendai City Arahama Elementary School, a ruin of the earthquake disaster, etc.

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⚽ Soccer camp (exchange through soccer) ⚽

A soccer camp (interaction through soccer) was held at Onagawa Stadium. U-12 female soccer players from Tokyo, Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima participated. In the morning,Exchange match between 4 prefectures", and in the afternoon "Soccer clinic by former Nadeshiko Japan players Asano Nagasato and Erina Yamane""Exchange match between mixed teams from 4 prefectures"The we.

Opening ceremony

Group photo after the opening ceremony

Under fine weather, the players played freely on the natural grass field. They put up a heated battle without any major injuries or illnesses.

Friendly match (Tokyo vs Miyagi Prefecture)

Friendly match (Iwate Prefecture vs Tokyo)

In the afternoon, former Nadeshiko Japan players Asano Nagasato and Erina Yamane were invited to the clinic to hold a soccer clinic in which players from each prefecture were divided into mixed groups. It was impressive to see the children riveted by the talks given by the former Japan national team players.

Erina Yamane (left) and Asano Nagasato (right)

Soccer clinic scene

One of the players said, "It was inspiring to play soccer with players I don't normally play with. I'm looking forward to the day we can play together again."

Interchange match between mixed teams from 4 prefectures

Interchange match between mixed teams from 4 prefectures

Earthquake disaster inheritance and experiential learning

On the second day, participants experienced Matsushima reconstruction storytelling and participated in an experiential learning session on passing on the legacy of the earthquake disaster at Sendai City Arahama Elementary School, a site relic from the disaster.

We had the experience of telling stories about the disaster while taking a cruise along the route that Matsuo Basho traveled on his "Oku no Hosomichi" (The Narrow Road to the Deep North), which connects Matsushima and Shiogama. We heard stories of the efforts of the people of Matsushima, who managed to safely return 1,800 tourists to their homes at the time, and the mental preparations of the people of Katsurajima, an inhabited island that was hit directly by the tsunami but did not suffer a single casualty.

View of the sightseeing boat

View of the sightseeing boat

Sendai Municipal Arahama Elementary School, which sustained serious damage in the Great East Japan Earthquake, has opened the school building where the children took refuge during the disaster to the public as a disaster relic, and has become a facility to pass on the lessons learned from the disaster and the memories of the local area to future generations. The athletes toured the facility and listened attentively to the guide's explanations. Comments from the athletes included, "I'm glad we were able to learn how to respond in the event of a disaster," and "I want to be grateful for the everyday life we ​​take for granted."

Earthquake ruins: Sendai City Arahama Elementary School (exterior)

Earthquake ruins: Sendai City Arahama Elementary School (1st floor of the school building)