Word: kyoto
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That's because the team will be spending this upcoming spring break in Japan. Harvard coach Tim Murphy announced yesterday that the Crimson will embark on a eight-day odyssey to the Land of the Rising Sun, which will culminate with a game against Kyoto University...
...Crimson will fly to Tokyo March 22 and after a few days of sightseeing will take a train to Kyoto, where the game will be played. All expenses are being paid for by the Japan Society, a non-profit group that promotes better understanding between Japan and the U.S., and by several Japanese corporations, who donated money through Kyoto...
...game will be in honor of two Kyoto anniversaries--the 50th of its football team and the 100th of the school. Kyoto is one of Japan's top schools, both academically and in football...
...From Kyoto's perspective, meeting Harvard was analogous to how Vince Lombardi described winning--playing the Crimson wasn't an option, it was the only option...
...Harvard is held in tremendous regard in Japan," Murphy said. "The first thing that they said is that Kyoto is the Harvard of Japan...