Although American football (the term "football" in this article will mean American football unless otherwise noted) is played throughout the world, it...

in 2019. Their governing body is Japan Rugby Football Union (日本ラグビーフットボール協会, Nihon Ragubi- Futtobo-ru Kyo-kai). Japan hosted the Rugby World Cup in 2019...

baseball, association football, basketball and tennis, are popular with both participants and spectators. Sumo is considered Japan's national sport. Baseball...

Association football, also known as soccer, or in many places just football, is the world's most popular sport. Not only does it have the most fans of...

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or a 1-hour flight) Japan. You can sail to Fukuoka or Osaka and then use the Japan Rail network. You can also purchase a Japan Rail Pass at the International...

See Baseball#Japan for details. Soccer (サッカー sakkā) plays second fiddle to baseball. The top men's league is the Japan Professional Football League, and...

the Philippines, Liberia, Israel, the Arab states of the Gulf, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, parts of Latin America and current and former American...

plans. Spectator sports in Japan American football Association football Association football in Europe Australian rules football Baseball Baseball in the...

Chiba (千葉) is the largest city in Chiba prefecture, Japan. Practically speaking, it can be considered a large suburb of Tokyo. The name "Chiba" may sound...

Prefecture (埼玉県 Saitama-ken) is in the eastern Kanto region of the main Japanese island Honshu. Saitama has lots of great travel opportunities. It's the...

Naha (那覇) is the capital of the Okinawa Prefecture in Japan and is the main city on Okinawa Island. It has a population of around 317,000 (2019), which...

entire country) with other influences, in particular Italian, Arab and Japanese. São Paulo is probably one of the most underrated cities tourism-wise,...

northeastern Tohoku region of the main Japanese island Honshu. Yamagata prefecture is often described as 'hidden' Japan. Well off any tourist route, Yamagata...

mostly in the American Athletic Conference. The most popular sport is football, in which the Pirates typically make bowl games about as often as not,...

prefecture, Japan and the largest city on the Sea of Japan coast. Niigata is a harbor city with a population of 810,000 facing the Sea of Japan. It is approximately...

(鳥栖) is a city in Saga prefecture on the Japanese island of Kyushu. The local tourist association has a Japanese-only guide site. The nearest airport is...

popular due to its cheap fare and the friendliest English-speaking football-loving Japanese staff on the block. Draft beer and shiranami shōchū (potato based...

coastal northern Scandinavia. Football (soccer) is popular all over the continent, and it is often said that football is not just a sport but a religion...

archaically also Yebisu) is the southernmost district of Shibuya ward, in Tokyo, Japan. Ebisu is a station on the JR Yamanote line, one stop south of Shibuya....