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  • January Grand Sumo Tournament

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    On Sunday we went to the sumo again. In the morning we had no luck finding doughnuts at Tokyo eki (they rotate the flavours and there were no vegan soymilk doughnuts that day) or soy icecream at a Seiyu supermarket. Feeling a little dejected we bought some yatsuhashi wrappers and ate red bean mochi on…

  • September Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo

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    We had already bought our tickets from the Loppi machine at Family Mart but still got to the sumo early by train. We got to the Kokugikan for the 8th Day of the September Grand Sumo Tournament around 8.30am. Drummers high on a wooden tower drew people into the arena where we watched some of…

  • A rather large sumo wrestler…

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    … although not the largest by any means.

  • Sumo in Tokyo

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    The 8th day of action at the Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo, September 20th 2009. More to come later, but for now here are some photos.

  • Sumo and Rice

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    We now have tickets to the O-Sumo Grand Tournament in Tokyo this month. Yay! We have arena tickets for the 20th September. When we first bought our TV we watched a bit of sumo so it will be good to see it live in Tokyo. However we’d better be careful that we don’t get swine…

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