When marksman-archer Lim Han Soo arrived in Japan 3 1/2 years ago, his dream was to teach his Japanese students how to read the wind, but they were more interested in soccer and baseball.
"That's where the money is," says the 37-year-old Lim. "There are few career opportunities in minor sports such as archery, so most people don't take them seriously here in Japan."
Last August, Lim finished his third and final year coaching archery in Nagasaki City as a Sports Exchange Adviser. He remembers one of his students in his first year at Minami Shogyo High School in Nagasaki, who rocketed from a mediocre ranking in local tournaments to setting a new record at the annual national Interhai competition. "But after that, he stopped," says Lim. "He preferred working as a newspaper delivery boy so that he could have some spending money."