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　In Nepal, physical education is not included as part of the holistic curriculum, and children often do not have spaces, facilities and equipment at their schools to exercise. For that reason, there is concern about children’s low levels of physical fitness. Erika Yamada (a third-year student in the School of International Studies) and Rica Nagashima (a fourth-year student in the School of Policy Studies), who were stationed in the same area before Hokaku, started to teach students kendama, which can be done in small spaces. By obtaining the cooperation of the elementary schools, they were able to turn it into a project. Komori and Hokaku linked up with their predecessors, and were able to make the first-ever Nepal kendama tournament a reality.