Cleanliness is a mindset. What better way to promote this mindset than by making the process of cleaning trash and litter a competition?
Spogomi, a sport originating in Japan, is a combination of ‘Spo’ from ‘Sports’ and ‘Gomi’ from gomi hiroi, that translates to ‘litter gathering’. In Spogomi, three players collect trash along a public route, earning points for quantity and type. The event looks to change the way community clean-up is viewed by the public.
The Spogomi World Cup 2023 is scheduled to be held in Japan in November 2023. In preparation for the same, preliminary tournaments and national tournaments are to take place across 47 prefectures in Japan, as well as six major states, and in 20 countries overseas.
