FEATURE: Hokkaido clubs lead winter sports push for people with disabilities

Hoping to add to Japan's recent Winter Paralympic success, clubs in the northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido are trying to entice more people with disabilities to snow and ice sports.Pitching winter para sports as an inclusive way to have fun and stay healthy, clubs are organizing activities such as sit-skiing for people with and without disabilities.At a skiing area of the Hokkaido Adaptive Sports club in the prefectural capital Sapporo, 18-year-old Mana Nakoshi recently worked on her sit-skiing skills.Nakoshi, whose lower body is paralyzed from spina bifida, a congenital condition causing …READ FULL ARTICLE