I went to a Sumo Tournament in Hirosaki with my girl friends Shannon and Suzie! After 3 and half hours of driving in a bus... this is what we saw...
Sumo dude statue outside of the sumo stadium!
This is me with one of the sumo wrestlers... he is high ranking as seen by the white diaper... the lower ranking guys have gray ones... these are their practice diapers.. they have colored ones they wear in the real tournament.
Side view...
Practice... these dudes were actually pretty muscular... and some didnt really have big bellies... I asked what they eat to get this big... compared to other Japanese... they said soup... hmmm
Best view of the day!
Me with the two nerdiest sumo wrestlers ever! Ha ha they cracked me up!
I cant figure out why this picture is turned I have uploaded it like 5 times... its not turned on my computer... anywho... this was our bento box (lunch box) it was some tempura fish on a peice of seaweed on top up rice with some pickeled ginger... on the side was a meatball, a dumpling sort of thing... and a tomato... it was okay... it would have been better warm... it was all cold
Before the real tournament started the big sumo guys wrestled the little learning sumo kids... it was HILARIOUS! and super cute!
The first little kid squatted and stomped his feet and everything and then when the big guys stepped towards him the little kid turned and ran away... This little kid however tried so hard but the big guy just picked him up and carried him away on his shoulder... it was really funny
The stadium was pretty big, the sumo floor was in the middle, then a whole bunch of asian people sitting cross legged on the floor for 6 hours... thats pretty amazing to me, and then we were on the second story in stadium seating... thank goodness... and my butt still hurt
They had this big ceremony where they would all come out in thier little skirt with butts showing and all sing...
This was the final match... the one that decided that grand champion... I dont remember who one... but what happened was they both went at each other and at the last second on stepped out of the way so the other went fly out of the ring cause he had so much momentum... the crowd was so angry they all started booing... they apparently were expecting more from the grand championship!
Sumo dude statue outside of the sumo stadium!
This is me with one of the sumo wrestlers... he is high ranking as seen by the white diaper... the lower ranking guys have gray ones... these are their practice diapers.. they have colored ones they wear in the real tournament.
Side view...
Practice... these dudes were actually pretty muscular... and some didnt really have big bellies... I asked what they eat to get this big... compared to other Japanese... they said soup... hmmm
Best view of the day!
Me with the two nerdiest sumo wrestlers ever! Ha ha they cracked me up!
I cant figure out why this picture is turned I have uploaded it like 5 times... its not turned on my computer... anywho... this was our bento box (lunch box) it was some tempura fish on a peice of seaweed on top up rice with some pickeled ginger... on the side was a meatball, a dumpling sort of thing... and a tomato... it was okay... it would have been better warm... it was all cold
Before the real tournament started the big sumo guys wrestled the little learning sumo kids... it was HILARIOUS! and super cute!
The first little kid squatted and stomped his feet and everything and then when the big guys stepped towards him the little kid turned and ran away... This little kid however tried so hard but the big guy just picked him up and carried him away on his shoulder... it was really funny
The stadium was pretty big, the sumo floor was in the middle, then a whole bunch of asian people sitting cross legged on the floor for 6 hours... thats pretty amazing to me, and then we were on the second story in stadium seating... thank goodness... and my butt still hurt
They had this big ceremony where they would all come out in thier little skirt with butts showing and all sing...
This was the final match... the one that decided that grand champion... I dont remember who one... but what happened was they both went at each other and at the last second on stepped out of the way so the other went fly out of the ring cause he had so much momentum... the crowd was so angry they all started booing... they apparently were expecting more from the grand championship!
1 comment:
This post is the best...except for the one picture that you called "the best pic of the day" or something like that. YIKES- too much!
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