Sunday 8 June, JFA Academy Sakai Second-term players participated in “Sakai 2days March”, a local walking event which was held at the event space of Daisen Park, Sakai, Osaka, and they completed 4km walk of “The World Heritage Registration Supporter Course”. In Sakai city, there are many ancient tombs and they vary from small to large ones. The players learned the history of Sakai by walking around these tombs enjoying communicating with many local participants of the walk.

Comments

INOUE Saki, FC Hotts, second-year junior high school student
Before participating in this “Sakai 2days March”, I made two objectives. One was to know good things about Sakai. It was a good chance for me because I am originally from Aichi prefecture and did not really know about Sakai. Second was to create a good bond with local people. Today I was able to accomplish these two objectives. By knowing the history, now I know more about the positive things of Sakai and it was a lovely time for me to spend with many local participants talking along the walk programme. Today, once again, I felt that I can improve myself because of the warm support of the local people. I will do my best keeping this in my mind.

NAKAMURA Asuha, CALDIO Football Club, second-year junior high school student
Today in this walking event, I could talk to many female participants. To be honest, I am not good at talking with somebody whom I haven’t talked to before, but I was very happy to talk with them because they welcomed me warmly. It is always good to know that there are local people who support us. I keep working hard with a sense of pride as a player of the Academy.

MAKI Haruka, FC Vitoria, second-year junior high school student
I have two things I would like to share from walking in Sakai today. First one is there is a rich history in Sakai as I could see many tombs today. Second one is there is lots of green in Sakai. Knowing these two things made me change my image of Sakai; it is not just a place with many factories but there are rich nature and history here. People in this event were kind and they spoke to us expressing their supports for us. I just want to try many things to respond well to the local peoples’ support.