Cheerleaders

One of the more scary things I have encountered in Japan in the "el". When I was told our school had cheerleaders, I was expecting cute 3rd year girls with pom-poms and short skirts, but in fact it is a group of very large boys with larger voices who do a crazy hand routine that looks a little like military air traffic control, while shouting very very loudly. One of the more entertaining shouts is "san-kyuuuu", which it took me a very long time to work out what it meant...say it enough times and you can work it out ;o)