sports
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Mao Ichiyama (73) and Mizuki Matsuda (74) compete in a half-marathon race being held amid the coronavirus pandemic at the venue of the Tokyo Olympics marathon as a test event in the northern Japan city of Sapporo on May 5, 2021. Ichiyama will represent Japan at the Tokyo Olympics women's marathon. (Kyodo) Mao Ichiyama won the women's section of the Sapporo Challenge Half Marathon with a personal best time on Wednesday, beating out fellow Japan Olympic team members Honami Maeda and Ayuko Suzuki.
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In "ski orienteering", skiers check their maps and ski cross-country to the designated spots, vying to be the fastest skier. A ski orienteering activity for beginners was held on April 10 at the Asahidake Cross-Country Ski Course in Northern Hokkaido's town of Higashikawa. Approximately 40 elementary and junior high school students enjoyed competing.
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The governments of Hokkaido and its capital Sapporo have decided to cancel a 10-kilometer foot race scheduled for next month on the Olympic marathon course, a source with knowledge of the matter said Thursday.
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The "Red Bull Jump & Freeze" event was held at Sapporo Teine Ski Resort (Teine-ku, Sapporo) on March 28. Participants wore creative and silly costumes, slid down a slope on snowboards and sleds, and jumped into a pool.
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“It’s appealing because there are Japanese people who kindly accept foreigners like us.” Taiwanese snowboarder Bonny Wu talks about her reasons for deciding to settle in Niseko.
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The Hong Kong luxury-hotel management company Rosewood Hotel Group is expanding its portfolio to run the resort currently under construction in the town of Niseko in central Hokkaido. It is hoped the large-scale development comprising a 220-unit condominium complex and 5 detached units will open in the winter of 2023.
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Although visitors from overseas and outside the prefecture have dropped significantly due to the coronavirus pandemic, a number of ski resorts in Hokkaido are seeing many local skiers this season, with some even experiencing an increase in such guests compared with the average year.
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At a working level meeting held in Sapporo on March 8, The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Hokkaido prefectural government and City of Sapporo decided on the application requirements for the Tokyo Olympic Marathon test event to be held in Sapporo on May 5.
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Kyudo (Japanese archery) teams from 12 high schools in Hokkaido linked their kyudo training halls together via the online conference system "Zoom" and held an archery competition on February 27.
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"Villa Koshido Odori" (Sapporo) is a new hotel which provides e-sports facilities where players can compete over computer game skills. It is now complete, and was opened for private viewing among related individuals on February 24. It is equipped with the same equipment used by professional e-sport competitors, and opened on March 1.