Sports Day

Japan is, I think very nice and safe country for foreign people to live in.

However, living in Japan, there must be a lot of things that they get confused about.

'Sports Day' might be one of them.

Almost every school holds a 'Sports Day' event annually in spring or autumn ( It used be only in autumn.)
It's a sports event where all children participate in many games and races to compete against each other, and some schools give them some prize or medal(fake ones).

It's like an Olympic game at school.
Children get really excited and the parents come to school to cheer on their children, bringing a camera and video camera, and get really enthusiastic about their children's result.

Yes, it's a really enjoyable event.

There are a few things that foreign parents should know about.-:

1. Lunch time
At lunch time, children go to find their parents and have their lunch with their family.

Japanese parents put a lot of effort into making the lunch. 

So hopefully your lunch is homemade or looks like it is homemade.

The lunch doesn't have to be special, just sandwiches or rice balls with sausages and some fruits is OK.

If you don't have time to cook and you have to bring the lunch-from a convenience store or something, I recommend you to change the package into your own container and pretend that you made it.

2. Picnic seat or blanket

When you have lunch or when you are not cheering your children, you'll need a place to sit down. There is no chair to rest so you need a picnic seat or blanket. Actually, in Japan most people take plastic picnic sheets, not blankets.

In my children's school, many people even take a picnic table and some chairs to the ground.

3. Parasol

Normally there aren't enough trees to make shade for all the spectators, so you should bring your own parasol or you'll get sunburned.

Thank you for reading. Please enjoy your holiday!