Yokosuka City Urban Sports Town Yokosuka BMX elementary school visit “Yokosuka BMX School Session 2024” was held!

Yokosuka City
[Urban Sports Town Yokosuka] BMX elementary school visit “Yokosuka BMX School Session 2024” was held!
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In April 2022, Yokosuka City signed a “Collaboration Agreement Utilizing Urban Sports” with the Japan Freestyle BMX Federation (JFBF), a general incorporated association, with the aim of
revitalizing the region through urban sports, and will hold official BMX freestyle competitions. We are working to promote urban sports, including holding the “JapanCup Yokosuka.”
We would like to inform you that in advance of the BMX competition “JapanCup Yokosuka” to be held at Umikaze Park from the 26th to the 29th of this month, we conducted a visit to a BMX elementary school again this year as part of our efforts under the same agreement. In the lecture, the representative BMX freestyle coach and top rider conveyed to the children the appeal of BMX and the importance of having dreams and goals.In addition, the demonstrations, which were always a great success, were attended by not only the children but also teachers. Very excited too! We fully conveyed the joy of BMX. The BMX elementary school visit, now in its third year, has become so popular that we receive applications from many elementary schools each time.
We will continue to carry out various initiatives in various parts of the city with the aim of making BMX and other urban sports loved by many people as a part of Yokosuka’s culture and becoming more popular than ever!
Sponsored by
Yokosuka City
co-host
City Support Yokosuka General Foundation
Sponsorship
Keikyu Service Co., Ltd., Shinsei Building Techno Co., Ltd.
cooperation
All Japan Freestyle BMX Federation General Incorporated Association Implementation details
・Lecture by Japan’s top riders about “BMX rider’s career” and “dreams and goals” ・Demonstration where you can experience the tricks (skills) of Japan’s top riders up close
Schedule and schools
September 9th (Monday) Yamazaki Elementary School (6-4 Miharu-cho, Yokosuka City)
10:40-11:25 Lecture for 113 5th and 6th grade students
11:30-12:15 Demonstration for all 381 children
September 10th (Tuesday) Takatori Elementary School (4-7-1 Shonan Takatori, Yokosuka City) Haruhiko Yamato’s alma mater
9:30-10:15 Demonstration for all 292 children
10:35-11:20 Lecture for 194 3rd to 6th grade students
Distribution of urban sports awareness goods
We will start an urban sports awareness campaign so that the number of people playing urban sports, mainly young people, is increasing year by year, and everyone loves them as part of the culture of Yokosuka City. During the school visit project, educational goods were distributed to the children.