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Unprecedented Victory in Koshien the KUGAYAMA TIMES Produced by KOKUGAKUIN KUGAYAMA JUNIOR HIGH AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL and GEIC THE KUGAYAMA TIMES STUDENT EDITION, SEPTEMBER 2019 Unprecedented Victory in Koshien P l a y e r s a c h i e v i n g a long-cherished wish to win in Koshien thank for spectaters who cheer and admire them. THE TOKYO SHIMBUN Photo This summer, Kokugakuin Kugayama baseball club participated in Koshien, or the National High School Baseball Championship, for the third time after 28 years’ interval, winning in West-Tokyo high school baseball tournament. In the final local match with Soka High School, they got tied with a score of 2 to 2 in the 6th inning, and grabbed a come-from-behind victory at the end of the game. Kazuya Okada’s timely hit led to a victory in the first Koshien round against Maebashi Ikuei 5 goals, one of which was also a theme song, which the T-shirts. Red is the theme color High School. They won by “singing the school song at cheering party boosts the players’ of the Kokugakuin Kugayama reversing the game by five Koshien.” They practiced with morale to seize the chance. This baseball club. The power of the consecutive hits from 2 outs in the motto of “baseball with brains” song was made by arranging song and the powerful cheering the 7th inning. The second game and achieved the feat of the first “Star Silhouette,” a song in image also attracted much lost by 19-3, but they changed the victory at Koshien. “Touch,” a famous Japanese attention and contributed to being club’s history, in which they have The baseball club was strongry baseball animation. The head of selected as “the best cheering never won at the championship. supported by the cheering songs the cheering party Shotaro team award” by the editorial When a new team was formed that the school brass band played. Higashi wrote the lyrics. During department of “High School last summer, they were said to be The players themselves decided the memorable phrase, the Baseball Dot Com” in a publisher “the weakest team ever.” They set their own support songs. There is cheering party members cry out, Gentosha. The Kugayama “Ippon daseyo,” which means, hit baseball fans are enthusiastic Soccer Club again Joined the Championship the ball, swinging towels above about the future activities of the their heads. That makes a unity. baseball club that impressed The Kugayama soccer club has participated in the national convention 10 Whenever this song is played, the many people this summer. times. Hiroyuki Aketa, captain of the club said, “We will improve the skill of players make a hit, so it is ball handling, which is our strength, and we tone up defense skill, our popular as a “magical song” -------------------------------------- weakness. That’s why we got to play nationwide.” Unfortunately, in the first among high school baseball fans. By Yudai Tsukada, Momoka round, they lost the game to Kamimura Gakuen High School 3-2. The Kugayama cheering section, Otagi, Hikari Kato, Sorana Fujita, Not only regular members but also support members make this club called “the Alps Stand,” was all Nanami Ishida and Yuna Maruno stronger. The head of cheering party said “When regular members play in red with scarlet cheering games, we always sing Kugayama Sanka, which is a representative school cheering song, and inspire their motivation.” In order to cheer the team more effectively, seniors of the club show the first graders how to cheer during Like all the other clubs, the soccer club and the baseball club are lunch break. never blessed with practice conditions. This school puts much emphasis not only on club activities, but also on studying. To get the students to study enough, regular practice time is about 2 hours in all The regular players and the club activities. What is more, morning practice is prohibited, and it cheering party of Kugayama must have a holiday once a week. The baseball club has to share their soccer club. space for practice with the soccer club as well. In spite of this difficult situation, they practice hard and juggle their KOKUGAKUIN KUGAYAMA time. Their effort has finally born fruit. The baseball club practices SOCCER CLUB Photo with the motto of “baseball with brains,” and the soccer club “winning gracefully,” their promising future is strongly expected from now on. 2 THE KUGAYAMA TIMES STUDENT EDITION, SEPTEMBER 2019 SOCIETY Behind Tapioca Craze Environmental terms such as young girls taking photos to plastic trash is difficult to recycling or environmental post on Instagram. recycle and must be incinerated. conservation are frequently However, there are various Toxic substances from brought up among the media. problems behind this popularity. incineration lead to Various companies and nations First, containers and straws are environmental destruction. have also been taking measures thrown away on the roadsides. Various measures have begun to to protect the environment. Stores have trash cans, but many be taken against this situation. Starbucks, a major coffee young people drink tapioca For example, China has chain, announced in July 2018 drink while they are walking on restricted the import of plastic that it would gradually phase the streets. They leave empty trash and Taiwan authorities Yukino Umemura photo out the use of disposable plastic containers and straws on the have banned people from using Tapioca containers blocking straws at all stores around the roadsides, although they put plastic straws. However, tapioca trash cans world by 2020. Similarly, cans or plastic bottles into drink is very popular in Taiwan, McDonald’s has shown a policy recycle boxes. If leftovers in the and many people want to drink to switch from plastic straws to containers are spilled on the it. As a solution, a tapioca bottle various companies have taken paper straws in some areas. roadsides, it will lead to odor called "Float" was developed to measures for environmental The problems also relate to annoyance and lack of hygiene. solve the garbage problem. This conservation. However, the tapioca boom. Tapioca drink is a Too much plastic waste is innovative development made most important thing is to pay mixture of tea and soft drinks another problem. It has become from recycled bottles, makes it attention to environmental with tapioca balls made from even more serious in recent possible to drink tapioca without conservation in places such as cassava powder. The boom years throughout the world. a straw. There is a mesh case in Shibuya or Shimokitazawa, started in 2008, and tapioca Among other countries, Japan is the bottle, so tapioca drinkers where people are familiar with drinks are very popular in Japan, known for its large amount of can drink up the contents. In tapioca. Small accumulation of especially among young people. plastic wastes. According to Iceland, new bottles made of these acts leads to a better Tapioca drink originated in the Annual Report on the seaweed were developed. environment in the long run. Taiwan has been spreading environment in Japan issued by It's important that people --------------------------------------- throughout Southeast Asia and the Ministry of the Environment throw the empty drink By Maki Goto, Yukino around the world. in 2019, the estimated amount containers into trash cans. If Umemura, Moe Nishikata, In Japan, many tapioca shops of plastic containers and people all over the world do this, Hikaru Akiyama and Mai such as “Gong cha” and packaging is over 700,000 tons the environment will improve Umeda “Chunshuitang” have been nationwide. The plastic trash in and tapioca becomes more --------------------------------------- popular for five years. Tapioca "Tapioca Drink" further popular. drink came into fashion among promotes the seriousness. Dirty Thus, in recent years, In the Shoes of the Challenged The 2020 Olympic and Junior High and second graders improve barrier-free facilities. In Paralympic Games will be held in of high school in Kokugakuin the survey mentioned above, Tokyo, so the interest for people Kugayama High School. about 44.5% of Kugayama with disabilities is growing. Mr. According to this survey, 64% of students think they live in Andrew Parsons, the President of the students think that they can`t barrier-free surroundings in International Paralympic help people in need because they Tokyo now. However one teacher Committee said that the are at a loss. Therefore, many and students of Seiko Gakuen Paralympics promote the students worry about how people insisted that there was still room understanding of people with with disabilities feel about what for improvement. For instance, disabilities. they did. For example, “If we too narrow sidewalks and too The Kugayama Times students help, it may confuse many utility poles often prevent conducted a survey about support people with disabilities”, “can`t them from walking smoothly. for people with disabilities. It have courage” and “other people When visually impaired people Natsumi Makino photo targets the second graders of may do it”. walk on the road, they often use Any road can be a serious risk For these opinions, one teacher white canes and are helped by to the visually impaired. and students of Seiko Gakuen, persons who lead them to walk If people with disabilities needs a special needs education school properly. If sidewalks are help, do you help them? in Kugayama, told that they don`t narrow with many utility poles, ０．５% want other people to hold white they will probably hit the poles, disabilities. In addition, canes. Also, not to touch their which become very dangerous for barrier-free must not only just shoulders suddenly when people them. Moreover, some broken exist itself, but also be really convenient for those who need it. ３５．５％ ６４% talk to them.
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