Hakuho showing his favorite eating spots...

[Mukonoso 273]

ベテランタマネギ 5個 2013-07-04 1-2

...and a clothing store for rikishi and other large men. The Hakuho portion starts around 31:34 and later on they are even joined by Demon Kaka. http://video.fc2.com/content/20130704TEYLaar7

Edited July 20, 2013 by Mukonoso

[Akinomaki 40,053]

That's the Tetsuko no heya I wrote about, he indeed only says the muscles are 116 kg (around 41:45) of 150.

Edited July 20, 2013 by Akinomaki

[yorikiried by fate 2,001]

Well, I defntl need not know where Demon Kakka buys his clothes...

[ALAKTORN 346]

Thanks for the video :-) Nice to learn more about Hakuhō.

[Mukonoso 273]

My wife watches Tetsuko no Heya and alerted me to it. She said at one part Hakuho admitted that before he came to Japan he was still sleeping with his parents?

[ALAKTORN 346]

Yeah, he did. He said he was 15 yo at that time (I think).

[Mukonoso 273]

Would that be a cultural thing or were they that poor? I thought his dad was an Olympian and his mother a doctor.

[Orion 431]

Would that be a cultural thing or were they that poor? I thought his dad was an Olympian and his mother a doctor.

Cultural thing, most likely. Most urban Mongolians are only three generations out of a ger, where privacy is virtually impossible.

In my three summer visits with Habitat for Humanity (2003,4 & 5) the people so eagerly building their own houses were almost all professionals living in cramped conditions in substandard apartments dating from the time when the Russians were in charge (though not officially so).

Orion

[Mukonoso 273]

Thanks for the clarification. (but what does "three generations out of a ger " mean?

[aderechelsea 124]

its another name for "yurt" the traditional houses the mongolian nomads use.

[Orion 431]

its another name for "yurt" the traditional houses the mongolian nomads use.

"Yurt" is the Russian name for an almost identical padded tent, and Mongolians don't like it being used for their own variety. By "three generations out of a ger" I meant that the grandparents or parents of most of the Mongolians now living in cities originally lived the nomadic life. In fact a lot of the poorer people living in Ulaan Baatar (preferred spelling) live out on the hills in ger encampments.

Orion

[aderechelsea 124]

thank for the clarification .... i always though "Yurt" was the name of the Mongolian tents.

(maybe my educational sources on the matter were russian or just plain semi-educated western documentaries about mongolia.)

[Andreas21 183]

Thanks for sharing!

OMG, just hope that they paid him well ...

[Akinomaki 40,053]

A program tomorrow on Kansai TV, 4 times extra gifted kids against top athletes, for sumo Hakuho appears.

Edited July 26, 2013 by Akinomaki

[p2501 15]

A program tomorrow on Kansai TV, 4 extra gifted kids against top athletes, for sumo Hakuho appears.

Who is the little guy?

Edited July 26, 2013 by Manekineko
quoting mishap