Japanese university clubs are pretty intense, 3 sessions per week for first grader, up to 5 for the more advanced member. But given how much 1 and 2nd year and

Japanese university clubs are pretty intense, 3 sessions per week for first grader, up to 5 for the more advanced member. But given how much 1 and 2nd year and how few 3rd year and upper there is, you seems totally right on your point. Actually I was wondering why there was so few of them, but I guess the cultural background also plays a lot; 4th year mostly focus on searching a job and not a lot of student do a master degree. And sure it have the beneficial effects you point (I started it partly to correct my posture), but I think putting too much emphasis on the spiritual side is a kind of Orientalism bias.