Club Activities

  • Track and Field
  • Gymnastics
  • Swimming
  • Judo
  • Kendo
  • Naginata
  • Soft Tennis (Boys'/Girls')
  • Table Tennis
  • Soccer
  • Basketball (Boys'/Girls')
  • Volleyball (Boys'/Girls')
  • Baseball
  • Handball (Girls')
  • Outdoor Activities
  • Tennis
  • Shorinjikenpo

Kendo
This is Japanese fencing, but done with bamboo and sometimes wooden swords. Students wear helmets, and armor over the torso and throat, and thick gloves for protection. Nevertheless, a direct blow to the head or throat area can be painful. In competition, points are scored for blows to the head(), throat(突き), torso(胴)and wrist (籠手).

Naginata
This martial art consists of a long pole with a sharp, metal blade at one end. It is more popular with women in Japan, today. Exponents wear a costume and protective clothing similar to kendo. They also use a ‘naginata’ weapon with a safer, wooden or bamboo blade.

Soft Tennis
It may look similar to lawn tennis, but for anyone who has tried this sport will tell you, it feels completely different when you play soft tennis. It is always played in doubles, the ball is very ‘soft’ and easy to squeeze, and the grip on the racquet is completely different. It is also played on a dirt court, where the ball often keeps low and skims across the court.

Baseball
This is the national pastime of Japan. Boys train very hard every day at club - their goal being to reach the national tournaments every spring and especially summer, at Koshien Stadium, in nearby Nishinomiya City.

Shorinji kempo This is another Japanese martial art, similar to Aikido.


Cultural Club

  • Chorus
  • School Band
  • Flower Arrangement
  • Tea Ceremony
  • Art
  • Calligraphy
  • Photography
  • Literature
  • Drama
  • Koto Music
  • Biology
  • Earth Science
  • Computer
  • E.S.S
  • Guitar
  • International Exchange
  • Sugina Club

Brass band
There are over 100 members in this club, whose members never fail to produce memorable performances of both classical and contemporary music at school events.

Flower Arrangement Club
In the kadō (華道) club, students learn the traditional Japanese art of flower arrangement, where harmony with regard to layout, colour and balance is very important.

Tea Ceremony Club
In the sadō (茶道) club, students learn the principles of how to prepare and serve matcha (抹茶), a powdered green tea to guests. The students must master traditional Japanese etiquette as well.

Japanese Calligraphy Club
Students try to master the penning of kanji and hiragana characters, and enter their best work in contests. They use ohfude (大筆), a large brush to write kanji with powerful brush strokes and kofude (小筆) to write in a more stylized fashion.

(Japanese)Literature Club
Students in this club study Japanese literature. They create poems and cartoons and write essays in Japanese.

Koto (Japanese harp)
Students learn how to play this traditional Japanese instrument and also perform concerts on the koto, on special occasions, such as on stage during the cultural festival.

ESS
The English club takes part in several projects during the year, including speech contests, A Christmas play, and a stage production during the school cultural festival.

International Understanding Society
Members of this club are very interested in cultural exchange and host the large number of exchange students which come to Fukiai each year.

Volunteer Group (named Suginakai)
Members do a lot of fundraising for the poor in other countries and for orphans. The donations are sent to places like Nepal, for example, to pay for vaccinations. Members also visit geriatric homes, where they provide aid to the people there.

Supporters Club (Japanese male cheerleaders)
The members of this all-male club are involved in a form of cheerleading unique to Japan. Chants are shouted out with great enthusiasm by members, and this is accompanied by stylized body movements. It is used, not only to support individuals or sporting teams, but also as a way of welcoming or saying farewell to people - Just as the Maori war dance, the ‘haka’ is used by New Zealanders.

Results (2005)

Track and Field (Boys)

Shorinjikenpo (Girls)

Naginata

Hyogo prefectural Meet (Oct.'05) Group (Girls) 4th place, Individual (Boys) 3rd place

Basketball (Boys)

Hyogo prefectural Inter-Highschool Meet ('06) (9th place)

Others