Sports Day (Japan)
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Sports Day, formerly Health and Sports Day, is a public holiday in Japan held annually on the second Monday in October. It commemorates the opening of the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, and exist
A cycling event for Health and Sports Day (体育の日) in 2011 near the city of Nihonmatsu, Fukushima
Sports Day was established since the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics was held in 1964
1964 Summer Olympics
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The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XVIII Olympiad and commonly known as Tokyo 1964, were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo ha
Yoshinori Sakai running toward the Olympic cauldron.
Marathon winner Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia
Competitor medal awarded to Irish yachtsman Eddie Kelliher at the games
Yoyogi National Gymnasium, designed by Kenzo Tange