{"id":153699,"date":"2023-05-23T11:03:22","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T02:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=153699&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2023-05-23T11:03:22","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T02:03:22","slug":"finnish-game-molkky-introduced-to-okawa-citys-schools","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/finnish-game-molkky-introduced-to-okawa-citys-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Finnish Game M\u00f6lkky Introduced to Okawa City&#8217;s Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The children of Okawa city, known for its woodworking, are being introduced to the Finland-originated wooden sport &#8220;M\u00f6lkky&#8221;. The local Lions Club, in support of a city initiative to promote health and community interaction, has donated sets of the game&#8217;s equipment to 11 schools in the city. Students at <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kimuro<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Elementary School received the gear from club members and expressed excitement about playing the game. The club is also planning a M\u00f6lkky tournament in June to further engage the children. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/okawa_PR\/status\/1660561839741374464\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Okawa City official Twitter <\/span><\/a><b>\/ <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20230522\/5010020333.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Watch us play M\u00f6lkky in this recent video: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/CVBC0NEsWhA?t=192\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/CVBC0NEsWhA?t=192<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-153684\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/fnn_okawa-molkky_2023_cl.jpeg?resize=1400%2C934&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Finnish Game M\u00f6lkky Introduced to Okawa City's Schools\" width=\"1400\" height=\"934\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/fnn_okawa-molkky_2023_cl.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/fnn_okawa-molkky_2023_cl.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/fnn_okawa-molkky_2023_cl.jpeg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/fnn_okawa-molkky_2023_cl.jpeg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/okawa_PR\/status\/1660561839741374464\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Okawa City official Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. 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The local Lions Club, in support of a city initiative to promote health and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":153689,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-153699","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-sports","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/153699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153699"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}