Recorded Joy·Rakuhoku / Kitayama / Kamo

Rugby's First-Kick Monument

The 'place of the first kick,' where Third High School students—taught by Keio men—first kicked a rugby ball and founded their club; a monument to the birth of Kansai rugby, standing within a World Heritage forest.

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These notes come from desk research. Local traditions vary.