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蹴鞠 Kemari

I wanted to play Kemari with these people, I tried to get in here!

They are so well at this sports. So hard to play to keep the ball!

What is Kemari?

  • Kemari is the Japanese sport like a football juggling using a ball made with skin of deer.
  • This sport’s origin can be back to ancient Chinese dynasty’s culture, then it is said that this is maybe the origin of football.
  • In Japan, Kemari had been trended among aristocracy from the 8th century, after that trended among samurai for some centuries until Nobunaga Oda promoted Sumo Wrestling instead of Kemari.
  • Still now, Kemari have been played sometimes shrine as traditional events.