KYOTO, May 17 (News On Japan) –
An occasion permitting members to get pleasure from rugby whereas coated in mud befell in pre-planting rice paddies in Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture, on May seventeenth.
Originating in Fukuchiyama, “tanbo rugby” has been held since 2015 as a method to strengthen ties amongst native residents who’ve overcome repeated flood disasters and to assist energize the neighborhood.
Designed in order that gamers cease the ball by touching opponents as a substitute of tackling, the game is accessible even to novices. A complete of twenty-two groups and round 140 members from the native space and Osaka took half within the occasion.
One participant commented, “It’s already so hot in May that I’m wondering how we’ll manage in August.”
Temperatures climbed throughout the Kansai area on May seventeenth, with Fukuchiyama recording 29.9 levels Celsius, marking warmth similar to early July.
Source: YOMIURI