Ski Association of Japan

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Ski Association of Japan (SAJ)
Logo of the SAJ
sport see tasks
Founded 1925
Place of foundation Japan
president Takahiro Kitano
Members see below
Association headquarters Jinnan, Tokyo , Shibuya , Tokyo Prefecture
Official languages) English , Japanese
Homepage www.ski-japan

The Ski Association of Japan (SAJ; English for [kōeki zaidan-hōjin] Zen-Nihon sukī renmei , Japanese [公益 財 団 法人] 全 日本 ス キ ー 連 盟 , about "[non-profit foundation] All-Japanese Ski Association") is the one founded in 1925 Umbrella organization of Japanese ski clubs. The private organization is based in the Kishi Memorial Sports House in Tokyo 's Jinnan district in Shibuya , Tokyo Prefecture , and has been a non-profit foundation since 1973. In 2013, the State Cabinet certified the status of kōeki zaidan hōjin .

prehistory

A first Japanese ski club was established in 1911 after the Austrian major Theodor von Lerch had given skiing lessons to those interested on Mount Kanya in Niigata .

As early as 1922, the first all-Japanese ski umbrella organization was founded to bring together all amateur clubs: the Amateur Sports Association. In 1923 she organized the first Japanese ski championship, which took place in the vicinity of Hokkaido Otaru City, in Midorigaoka.

On February 15, 1925, the All Japan Ski Association was founded to represent the interests of all 20 regional associations that had been established up to that point. This date is later considered to be the founding day of the SAJ. President was Masatane Inada selected. This organization also became a member of the All-Japan Sports Federation . In 1926 he was accepted into the Fédération Internationale de Ski (FIS).

Six Japanese athletes took part for the first time in the Second Winter Olympic Games in Sankt Moritz in 1928 . But skiing only became better known from 1930 when the Japanese government hired the Austrian Hannes Schneider to give ski lessons on Mount Fuji and to organize ski tours through the country (known as Arlberg skiing ). As a result, ski clubs and higher-level organizations also emerged in other places in other parts of the country.

The Japanese Ministry of Education financed the first comprehensive ski training in the 1931 winter season. - At the third Olympic Winter Games in Lake Placid , the Japanese Goro Adachi took a respectable eighth place in ski jumping .

In 1933 the Ōkurayama ski jump in Sapporo went into operation, the jumpers reached widths of around 30 meters. In the same year the IOC had awarded the organization of the 5th Olympic Winter Games to Japan, but the implementation failed when the Second World War broke out. In the same year, the training of local ski trainers began.

The All Japan Ski Association was converted into a foundation on April 23, 1941 by the Ministry of Health and Welfare . The planned establishment of a national organization was postponed because of the Second World War.

After the end of World War II , the ski association again organized national championships, the All Japan Ski Championships, from 1946 .

Organizational change and further development from 1951

The activities started before the war led to the fact that in 1951 representatives of all prefecture ski clubs converted the existing National Ski Association of Japan into the Ski Association of Japan . The decision to expel Japan from the FIS as a result of World War II was reversed.

Skiing , ski jumping, alpine skiing and all other winter sports spread unstoppably in Japan, especially after Chiharu Igaya won the first silver medal for Japan at the Winter Olympics in 1956 in the alpine combination . In addition to popular sport, competitive sport finally gained a foothold. Suitable sports facilities were created and the infrastructure expanded. In the 1960s there were many local ski clubs in Japanese winter sports areas that - in some cases even earlier - had joined together to form larger organizations in the respective prefecture.

The IOC awarded the 1972 Winter Olympics to Japan. The extensive reporting, the Japanese successes and finally also the significant economic upturn in the country led to a veritable “ski boom ” in the 1980s, and skiing achieved enormous popularity.

On May 30, 1973, the Japanese Ministry of Education approved the SAJ as a foundation . At the same time, she commissioned the SAJ to organize the first Ski World Cup in the Naeba Ski Resort , Niigata Prefecture . This World Cup was followed by the second such event in 1975 and then others every two years. In 1977 the SAJ organized the first Japanese youth ski championship.

In 1981 the first Japanese Freestyle Championship took place in Shiga Kogen Sun Valley ski area ( Nagano prefecture ). In the 1990s snowboarding spread around the world and the SAJ incorporated this sport into its area of ​​responsibility.

The most famous Japanese ski resorts in the 2010s are: Hakuba, Hokkaido (Kiroro), Hoshino, Kyoto, Niseko, Nozawa, Nyoko, Osaka and Tokyo.

tasks

The SAJ organizes events in the country for both competitive athletes and “everyone” and works closely with the relevant regional organizing committees. She is also looking for sponsors and arranging television rights. In addition, she is responsible for the connections with other national ski associations around the world and for the constant development of skiing in the country.

The SAJ's areas of responsibility extend to the following sports: ski jumping , Nordic combined , alpine skiing , cross-country skiing , snowboarding , ski cross , biathlon and freestyle skiing .

Since 1959 the SAJ has published the journal "SAJ ski test".

The ski schools, which are now established in all parts of the country, have been certified by the SAJ since 1965.

The SAJ has presented the SAJ Snow Award to successful skiers and coaches every year since the 1990s .

organization structure

Chairperson

Prefectural Associations / Members

In 2017, the following 10 national ski associations and their areas of responsibility are indicated as members of the SAJ.

Surname Seat when founded Assigned regions (date of establishment in brackets) Websites
Hokkaidō Sapporo 25 Sep 1932 Hokkaido
Tōhoku -
see the respective region 		1922-1933 Aomori (November 1922); Iwate (February 6, 1925), Akita (May 25, 1928), Miyagi (November 10, 1933), Yamagata (December 19, 1927), Fukushima (1932) ski-yamagata.jp , saa.jp , ski-akita.com , saf-ski.jp ,
ski-miyagi.c.ooco.jp ,
North Kantō -
see the respective region 		1930-1954 Gunma (May 13, 1930), Tochigi (May 13, 1930), Saitama (October 2, 1936), Ibaraki (October 1, 1954) ski-gunma.jp , ski-tochigi.ne.jp , sas.webcrow.jp , sports.geocities.jp
South Kantō -
see the respective region 		1937-1960 Tokyo (May 12, 1937), Kanagawa (February 17, 1939), Chiba (November 10, 1960) ski-tokyo.jp , sak.or.jp , sac-office.jp
Koshin'etsu -
see the respective region 		1931-1946 Niigata (April 21, 1931), Nagano (November 27, 1932), Yamanashi (November 3, 1946) nsa.jpn.com , ski-nagano.org , sa-yamanashi.org
Tōkai - Hokuriku -
see the respective region 		1921-1952 Toyama (December 20, 1936), Ishikawa (February 11, 1946), Fukui (February 28, 1927), Gifu (November 1, 1947), Aichi (February 9, 1921), Shizuoka (June 8, 1952), Mie ( May 25, 1950) coralnet.or.jp , incl.ne.jp , .Jp , ski-gifu.jp , ski-aichi.jp , sashizuoka.e-whs.tk , ski-mie.org
Kinki -
see the respective region 		1932-1954 Shiga (December 8, 1932), Kyoto (May 1, 1932), Osaka (December 19, 1934), Hyogo (December 24, 1934), Nara (January 12, 1954), Wakayama (November 1952) saj-shiga.com , web.kyoto-inet.or.jp , ski-osaka.gr.jp , ski-hyogo.jp , ski-nara.lolipop.jp , www3.cypress.ne.jp
west -
see the respective region 		1933-1987 Okayama (December 17, 1933), Hiroshima (February 21, 1934), Tottori (December 20, 1930), Shimane (November 25, 1930), Yamaguchi (October 28, 1947), Kochi (February 8, 1938), Ehime ( February 1, 1962), Kagawa (April 1, 1960), Tokushima (April 1, 1960), Fukuoka (November 30, 1948), Kumamoto (December 23, 1962), Oita (October 1, 1968), Saga (20. December 1974), Miyazaki (January 19, 1978), Kagoshima, Okinawa (December 3, 1983), Nagasaki (August 1, 1987) ski-okayama.com , www5d.biglobe.ne.jp , skitottr.gr.jp , shimanesas.sakura.ne.jp , ski-yamaguchi.org , kochi-ski.jp , ski-ehime.com , ski-kagawa. jp , www1.quolia.ne.jp , fukuoka-ski.jp , ski-kumamoto.com , skioita.jp , skisaga.net , skisaga.net , -, skioki.com , sites.google.com
Gakuren (student) -
see the respective region 		April 1927 All Japan Student Ski Federation isj.gr.jp
Others February 26, 1951 Nationwide Kotairen ski section zen-koutairen.com

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 全 日本 ス キ ー 連 盟 と は
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t History of the SAJ (English), accessed on November 18, 2017.
  3. ↑ a b c History of skiing and snowsports in Japan , accessed November 18, 2017.
  4. ↑ Key data of the SAJ , accessed on November 18, 2017.
  5. ↑ Selection of the best Japanese ski areas in 2017 (English), accessed on November 18, 2017.
  6. ↑ Some decisions of the SAJ on japantime.co.jp; accessed on November 17, 2017.
  7. ↑ Presentation of the SAJ Snow Award 201 on ski-japan.or.jp; accessed on November 18, 2017.
  8. ↑ biography on sports-reference.com; accessed on November 21, 2017.
  9. ↑ Takahiro Kitano new President of Japanese Ski Association - FIS-SKI , accessed November 17, 2017.
  10. ^ List of members of the SAJ , accessed on November 18, 2017.