Fiscal year 2014

Applications open for ‘Games from Around the World’

Wanna play some interesting games from around the globe?

The Kanoya International Exchange Association is organizing an event introducing school yard games from around the world to children in Kanoya city.

Whether it's "tag," "what's the time mr. wolf", or whacking a pinata, it's game on!

Date and time

Sunday 15th of March 2015, 14:00~16:00(Registration from 13:30)

Venue

Kanoya Elementary School (Kanoya-shi, Utsuma, 1-1-6)

Contents

Introducing yard games from a variety of countries to the children of Kanoya City.

Participant numbers

Limited to 70

Participation fee

\200(for insurance purposes. KIEA members go for free)

What to bring

Indoor gym shoes, towel, drink

Application deadline

As soon as we reach capacity.

How to apply

By phone or email

To apply

Contact Us

Event Report

This past Sunday March 15th, we held this year’s ‘Games from around the World (Sekai no Asobi) event at Kanoya Elementary School’s gym hall. On the day we gathered 70 parents and children to learn about children’s games from eight different countries. During the first hour, participants experienced the following games:

Thailand's ‘Gaa Fau Kai’ (‘Angry crow defends its eggs’)
The United Kingdoms's ‘Shove Ha’penny’
The Philippines’ ‘Exchange the basket’
Ireland’s ‘Wizards, giants and goblins’
Sweden’s ‘Kubb’
The USA’s ‘What’s the time Mr. Wolf?’

After these games, we all joined together to play two larger games, Japan’s ‘Oodama korogashi’ (Rolling the big ball), and Mexico’s ‘Pinata whacking’. Judging by the reactions of the children who took part, they had a lot of fun playing the games and meeting the non-Japanese instructors.

Below are some photos of the days events.