Especially popular are baseball and soccer, which are played by youngsters as well as adults, in local, school, and company teams.
People also enjoy watching professional matches live and on television.
Tennis and skiing are popular, too. And many people jog or swim for health or play ball games, such as volleyball. Typical traditional sports are sumo, kendo, judo , and aikido . Photos courtesy of Kodokan Judo Institute and Tokyo Metropolitan Government.