Otokonoyama 2,735 Posted February 22, 2009 http://www.michaeljohngrist.com/2009/02/ryogoku-sumo/ A different take on sumo. A few misses (calling the rikishi "sumo"...), but an interesting read, with lots of pics. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Orion 431 Posted February 22, 2009 http://www.michaeljohngrist.com/2009/02/ryogoku-sumo/A different take on sumo. A few misses (calling the rikishi "sumo"...), but an interesting read, with lots of pics. Awful lot of misses. Anybody spot any that I missed? 1) Keeps saying 'old people and tourists' -- but as sumo is around 8:40 to 6:00, can any schoolkids or working stiffs manage it on weekdays? 2)' Old people and tourists' waiting for tickets -- but all the windows are closed! where are the tickets going to come from? 3) " A sumo carries his lunch " -- actually he has his mawashi curled up in a furoshiki. 4) Inside the Kokugikan the dohyo awaits -- actually it's charity day with a stage set up and the rear half of the seats empty. 5) "Circled around, the sumo get warmed up for fighting" -- actually these men are singing jinku at a charity event. 6) "...the big guns only fight at the end of the day -- around 6:00 p.m." --ah, you just missed it! that's when the whole thing has just ended. (This one reminds me of the time, at the end of a dampatsu-shiki, when I met a family of foreigners arriving at 4:00 --because their Japanese friends, knowing nothing of sumo except the regular TV coverage, had assured them that nothing happened till four -- the exact time when informal sumo like dampatsu-shiki is finishing.) 7) His comment on throwing salt is inappropriate to the picture which clearly shows lower-ranked rikishi. This guy doens't know that only sekirotori (and in one special case the upper makushita) throw salt. Did I miss anything, guys? Orion just back from singing Beethoven in the strangely different Kokugikan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kozaru 0 Posted February 22, 2009 (edited) Did he call sumo dull while implying that soccer is interesting? How come nobody noticed THAT miss? Edited February 22, 2009 by Kozaru Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asojima 2,874 Posted February 22, 2009 1. A 15 day knockout tournament with the last guy standing becoming the yokozuna. I never realized that was what was happening. 2. Purifying the ring using a water bucket. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
