Sumo

Discussion in 'Japan' started by fountains of nay, Jun 10, 2007.

  1. fountains of nay

    fountains of nay Planet Nayhem!

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    Any Sumo fans out there?

    I'm a Kotooshu fan :) even got some of his merchandise lying about somewhere!:D
     
  2. sheerwackiness

    sheerwackiness Member

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    I really want to see a Sumo match live (I've only seen it on TV) but they only come around to my prefecture (Yamanshi) every couple of years. I might just go to Tokyo to see one, I heard that it's really hard to get tickets though.
     
  3. BraveSirRubin

    BraveSirRubin Members

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    The garbagetruck Konishki!

    (That's the only one I remember from when I used to watch late night Sumo when I was 10ish :D)

    Oh...and Masaito Kaki Hara...

    Because "Masait" means truck in Hebrew...
    and Kaki means shit.
    and Hara also means shit.

    So it's truck shit shit.
     
  4. fountains of nay

    fountains of nay Planet Nayhem!

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    It does tend to be popular, but you can usually get tickets for Ryogoku, not necessarily good ringside seats, but a seat nonetheless! :)
     
  5. heywood floyd

    heywood floyd Banned

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    When I was in Utsunomiya I saw some Sumo wrestlers making mochi. I didn't see any matches though... it's not really something that interests me.
     
  6. tat

    tat Member

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    I often run into Sumo wrestlers in Osaka when they have
    Osaka-Basho(Osaka tournament). Stronger wrestlers dont use
    usual transportation like trains/buses, cuz they have their own
    private cars and drivers----they are rich!
    But those who are still training have to use the public transportation facility.
    And I run into them in daily life during the tournament.
     
  7. fountains of nay

    fountains of nay Planet Nayhem!

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    They're like football players in the UK or something. Everybody loves them!
     
  8. wa bluska wica

    wa bluska wica Pedestrian

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    sumo is the best

    i no longer have satellite so can no longer watch

    it sucked anyways as all match no ritual

    some day . . . japan or die . . . or just get a satellite with nhk
     

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