Movement of sport for all has been developed in Europe from the sixties of twentieth century. Efforts have been proceeded toward sport for all in Japan, too. However, rate of Japanese who do physical activities and sports regularly is low. Japanese who do physical activities and sports more than once a week is under 50%. The most common reason Japanese give for their not doing physical activities and sports is “lack of time.” It is recognized that physical activities and sport and free time are strongly correlated. But, it seems to exist some problems and queries in relationship among physical activities, sports and time. For example, if leisure time increased, would percentages of physical activities and sports participants rise? How do people consider time for sports? Therefore, in this study, I discuss time consciousness of physical activities and sports and new perspectives of sports in daily life.
Main points of this study are as follows:
1) Concept of sport has been narrowly understood. This is one of the main reasons for low rate of doing physical activities.
2) Concept of sport should be changed for new perspectives of sports in daily life.
3) It is important to introduce light physical activities in daily life.