We asked Mr. Nagamitsu Kawahara, director of "Susaki Sports Club" about the charm of Uranouchi Bay, Susaki City.

Susaki City has Uranouchi Bay, where famous organizations such as the Japan Canoe National Team and the Nippon Sport Science University Canoe Team hold training camps. The Susaki Sports Club, which manages and operates the Suzaki Municipal Sports Center, a facility where you can enjoy a wide range of sports such as gymnasiums and grounds, as well as canoeing grounds in the bay where sea kayaking and SUP can be performed, and various sports classes and experiences are provided. We provide opportunities to experience sports in various forms. This time, we asked Mr. Kawahara, the director of the "Susaki City Sports Center" and the former Japan representative of futsal, about how to enjoy sports in Susaki City.

About "Susaki City Sports Center"

The Suzaki Municipal Sports Center, built in the Uranouchi district of Susaki City in 2001 with the aim of creating a vibrant city by promoting sports activities and cultural activities, is a facility where you can enjoy a wide range of sports from water to land, It is a base for sports and culture, with rooms and multipurpose rooms. Each facility can be used by submitting a usage permit application, and you can also participate in sports classes and experiences hosted by the Susaki Sports Club, which manages and operates the facility.

The Yokonami Arena, where you can play indoor sports such as volleyball, basketball, and soft tennis, has two main arenas, a 1857m2 main arena and a 575m2 sub arena, and the facility is equipped with showers, changing rooms, training rooms, etc. You.

"Yokonami Sports Plaza" next to "Yokonami Arena" is 9100m2 and can be used for outdoor sports competitions and events such as soccer and softball.

Water sports are held at two locations: the canoe field next to the Yokonami Arena and the Sea Park Oshima, which is about 5 minutes away by car. You can enjoy marine athletic banana boat at Sea Park Oshima. There is also a spacious lawn open space and a hands-on learning building that can be used freely, and it can be used at school events.

※Please refer to the "NPO Susaki Sports Club" website for information on how to use each facility, experiences and classrooms.

What is "NPO Susaki Sports Club"?

The NPO Susaki Sports Club, established in 2004 with the aim of realizing a lifelong sports society where people can easily get acquainted with sports anytime, anywhere, anyone, forever. In addition, we carry out sports classes and hands-on events utilizing local school facilities and public facilities, and promote initiatives that allow children and the elderly to interact with sports.

Sports classes are held in various genres such as canoeing, soccer, ground golf, squash valley, aerobics and Tai Chi, so it is also attractive to be able to find a classroom that suits you.

In 2018, we launched COMODO URANOUCHI, where you can experience various marine sports, and we have increased opportunities to move your body while playing and interact with sports more casually.

Uranouchi Bay and Sports

Mr. Kawahara, director of the NPO Susaki Sports Club, started playing soccer since childhood, worked at a youth team in Jubilo Iwata, and turned to futsal around the age of 20. He is a former futsal representative from Japan who participated in the FIFA Futsal World Cup in 2004, 2008 and 2012. He retired from active duty in 2015 and moved from Shizuoka Prefecture where he lived to Susaki City, Kochi Prefecture.

During his active era, he visited the "Susaki Municipal Sports Center" at a futsal spread event, his wife's parents' house was Susaki City, and "I wanted to live in a place where children can live at ease while interacting with nature." I decided to move to Susaki City from various thoughts, such as "I want to make use of my experience in futsal and work in sports." Currently, as the director, he is focusing on the management and operation of the entire facility.

Kawahara says, "One of the reasons why canoes and kayaks are spreading in Susaki City is the" Susaki City Dragon Canoe Tournament "." In Susaki City, students from the shipbuilding department of Kochi Prefectural Suzaki Technical High School (now Kochi Prefectural Suzaki General High School) donated one dragon boat created by them to the city. The "Susaki City Dragon Canoe Tournament" has been held since 1999, and the "NPO Susaki Sports Club" has been held to convey the appeal of Dragon Canoe to more people.

After that, I started to experience sea kayaking in order to make it easier to enjoy canoeing, and canoeing and kayaking in Uranouchi Bay gradually attracted attention, and now a canoe club is formed at local high schools, It became a popular area so that the canoe team of the university and the canoe team visited the training camp.

"The development of water sports is only due to the wonderful environment of Uranouchi Bay," says Kawahara. Uranouchi Bay, which has a depth of about 12 km, is less susceptible to the waves because of the Yokonami Peninsula, which is lined with mountains on the Pacific side, is a perfect place to enjoy water sports such as canoeing, sea kayaking, and SUP. It seems.

COMODO URANOUCHI, which started in 2018, offers marine sports experiences that anyone can enjoy regardless of their mind, such as sea kayaks and saps, as well as marine athletics, water balloons, and banana boats.

"In a modern age where children are away from the sea, there is an environment where they can play safely and happily with adults, so I hope you come once. There are many attractive spots around the area, such as facilities where you can enjoy raft fishing experience, shops where you can enjoy fresh shellfish, and shops where you can enjoy game meat, so you can enjoy it all day long. "

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"The Susaki Municipal Sports Center has a wonderful environment and facilities, so in the future I would like to make use of my own futsal experience and make it a facility where you can enjoy more various sports genres. I would like to continue to disseminate the fun and charm of sports and convey the appeal and enjoyment of Susaki City and sports to more people. "

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