TOKYO, Oct 10 (News On Japan) –
With first-ever ‘SpoGOMI’ World Cup scheduled for Tokyo subsequent month, a match was held in Shinjuku on Monday to find out the Japanese consultant for the game of choosing up rubbish.
‘SpoGOMI,’ includes groups competing to gather rubbish inside a delegated space and timeframe, with factors awarded primarily based on the kind and amount of rubbish collected. The sport, which was born in Japan in 2008, is holding its first-ever world championship this yr.
Participants who’ve superior by way of the preliminary rounds in varied prefectures have been seen braving the pouring rain whereas accumulating as a lot rubbish as they may carry.
A consultant from Wakayama exclaimed, “We collected so much that our bags started to tear, so we had to switch them out. We’re trying not to drop any garbage.”
The collected rubbish is sorted by kind after which weighed to calculate factors. Cigarette butts, that are tough to gather and light-weight individually, are assigned a excessive level worth.
The profitable group was from Niigata Prefecture, and they’re going to symbolize Japan within the upcoming world championship scheduled to be held in Tokyo subsequent month.
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