Yukigassen promoting global interaction and breaking down political barriers
December 28th, 2009 by why be athletic | Posted in strange sports | 327 viewsYou may say, “Wait, that is a snowball fight right? We do that in the States like nobody’s business.” JJ felt the same way, so we took it upon ourselves to assemble a JockJoose team, fly to Japan, and compete in a best of three competition.
Game 1: We clearly didn’t do our homework and were not aware of the 90-snowball limit. However, Team JJ may have set a new record by throwing all 90 snowballs in a mere 14 seconds.
Game 2: Again, we weren’t aware of the 90-snowball rule until we had about 10 left. It didn’t help that none of us speak fluent Japanese and couldn’t understand the judge as he explained the rules before the match. Score one for Team JJ though, as with one snowball left, we pelted some Japanese guy in the side of the head with one of our patented 90 mph laser ice-balls. We call that an earhole here in the USA, Japan! We still lost, but I’ll never forget that Asian man writhing in pain.
Game 3: We decided to strategize and dig a tunnel leading to the other team’s fort, where we would pop out unexpectedly and take them by surprise. Unfortunately the tunnel collapsed on the seven-man Team JJ and we had to be rescued by emergency services. Game 3 ended in a tie due to time running out. Score one for us!

Yukigassen Poster Boy - Pelt Dik
May 14th, 2009 at 1:56 pm
This should be brought to the US ASAP. I am looking to get involved in another winter sport (x-country ski is #1)
I actually am pretty good at making snowbolls
May 14th, 2009 at 2:02 pm
first time heard of it and already im a Yukigassen enthusiast
May 14th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
I’ve contacted our state representative for funding of a Yukigassen league
May 14th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
[...] Yukigassen promoting global interaction and breaking down political barriers [...]
May 14th, 2009 at 2:22 pm
omg wish could saw you guyz in game 3 – but was sold faux tix
December 29th, 2009 at 2:04 pm
When do tix go on sale this year?? they still planning on having matches in the N. East??
May 5th, 2010 at 5:29 pm
I find myself returning to your site simply because you have lots of great insights and you are actually at this a while, and that is very impressive and tells me you know your stuff.