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第37回国民体育大会 << 1982年(昭和57年) 10月2日 >> 2-4-457

37th National Athletic Meet Issued on October 2, 1982 (Showa 57)

37th National Athletic Meet Issued on October 2, 1982 (Showa 57) The 37th National Athletic Meet was held in 1982 in Shimane prefecture (summer and autumn) and Tochigi prefecture (winter).The slogan of the Winter Games ski competition is "Friendship Tazawako National Athletic Meet", and the theme of the Summer / Autumn Games is "Kunibiki National Athletic Meet" ("Kunibiki" is from "Kunibiki Myth" transmitted to Izumo Province). The Kunibiki National Athletic Meet is also called the Frugal National Athletic Meet, and its motto is to be simple.
The stamp is designed as "table tennis and national polity monument".