Recorded Joy·Rakuhoku / Kitayama / Kamo

Rugby's First-Kick Monument

Students taught by players from another school kicked a rugby ball here and formed their own club, beginning the sport's organized history in the Kansai region of western Japan. The first kick is now marked by an unlikely monument in a forest designated as a World Heritage site.

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These notes come from desk research. Local traditions vary.