Juegos, deporte y sociedad en Japón: una triple realidad

Taketani, Kazuyuki

Publication year:

2009

Publication place:

Donostia-San Sebastián

ISBN:

978-84-8419-1834-1

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Summary

The intention of this essay is to show the existing relationship between ; Japanese culture and the physical activities it fosters. The Tokashiki tug-of-war and Shintoism, immersion without breathing aids and its connections with Zen Buddhism and the case of school baseball in high schools and in modernity. Three situations which combine to show the main characteristics of "reality" in Japan.