Or sports festival/sports day. Basically it's a field day/track meet type event that differs from those in the states in that they rehearse for about two weeks - seriously, two weeks of school time, half days, where all they do is march, run and sing. Over and over and over again. Kind of blows the idea that all Japanese kids do is study all the time, huh? It might seem like a bit of overkill, but it's a really big deal for the school. The actual Undokai is on the weekend and all the parents, families, board of education and PTA members turn out. It was really fun and kind of cool.
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