In Japan "Fall is for reading," but on this island where there are no large print books, most people are too old to read anymore. This doesn't mean, however, that we are not healthy.

Right now, the whole island is talking about just one thing: the school sports festival. I think the reason everyone is talking about the sports festival is because as soon as that is over, they can talk about the fall festival, which is the most exciting event of the year on the island. But first things first.

The school sport festival is not about school sports at all. It's about something else. It all starts with schoolchildren going door to door handing out personal invitations. Please come to our school sports festival, they say, while handing you a program of events and an envelope to make a cash donation at the school grounds when you arrive.