Totally Tokyo

I want SUMO of that!

Well this weekend is jammed packed, and that means a lot of blog post apparently!

Yesterday, through school, I attended a Sumo Tournament. It was so cool and I truthful wished I knew more about Sumo and the rituals and practice and training, because it seemed to be a lotmore spiritual and mental then I knew. An actual round would only last a few minutes, if that. But the preparation was long: perifiying the ring, doing warm ups, checking to see if the two competeors were mentally ready to battle, and if they weren't they would start from the begining. So wrestlers would have to do this four, five times! The arena was huge, and filled with people for the last rounds, which were where the best wrestlers were put. Being the American College students that we are, we started a betting system with yens based on the colors of their thongs (Don't worry mom and dad, I broke even!). The town where it was being held, Ryogoku, was having their town festivial, and had their god out on displayvia their form of a "chariot" that people carry around the town so the god can see how properious the town had become. And with this event comes beer, so we had a few drinks with the townies and the other people pregaming for Sumo. It was so parculiar!

If you have a chance to see a Sumo event, defiantly go! Do a little research so you know more than it is a bunch of fat guys wearing thongs. The event could drag on, but it gets exciting if you get in to it and start cheering and chooseing sides (and beting on your man!)

posted by Stephy-ru @ Sunday, September 17, 2006