Chankosan 0 Posted October 3, 2011 I heard on the English language broadcast of the last basho that "you can't go down to the dohyo during the day [anymore] because of the policing of the right tickets." I am planning a trip for May and wanted to know if this is true. I always enjoyed being able to sit close to the dohyo early in the day. Does this mean that you can now only sit in your assigned seat from the very beginning of the day? If this is true, what is the rationale? A reaction to the behavior of the foreign fans perhaps? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chankosan 0 Posted October 3, 2011 I do seem to remember that they referred at some point to the past problems with yakuza being in the audience. I also notice that the Kyokai is broadcasting from the start of the day -- are they trying to ensure that no yakuza send signals from dohto-side in the early hours of the broadcast? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chankosan 0 Posted October 3, 2011 Thanks for the confirmation. I don't need the exact address for Ootake beya (sorry I said "exactly"!), just a general idea what it might be near to in the ward as I might swing by it when I am in town... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chankosan 0 Posted October 3, 2011 While I'm at it, I would also like to know if they are still doing the "meet an oyakata" each day? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Orion 431 Posted October 3, 2011 While I'm at it, I would also like to know if they are still doing the "meet an oyakata" each day? They were doing it in September. Orion Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kotoviki 16 Posted October 11, 2011 You don't have to sit in your own "assigned seat" all day but you can only sit in the first floor if you have a masu or tamari ticket. Then you can sit close and move back to your own seat when the people come but you can't sit on the 1st floor with a 2nd floor ticket anymore. It is very lonely for the rikishi in the morning until 2 pm or so actually. Young boys can't even see their parents as they are all at the 2nd floor. Mothers ask to get in "just to see their son's matches" and are denied... isn't that sad?!! Sometimes to let a mom inside for her son's match I would go out, give her my ticket and go to the bathroom and wait til she came back with my ticket.. It is quite a ridiculous new system to keep the yakuza out which makes no sense because the yakuza can surely afford a 1st floor ticket. And while the ochaya who police the doors until 1pm can probably recognize the yakuza who shouldn't come in the part time event staff which are hired to police it from 1-6pm have no idea about who the yakuza are and wouldn't be able to turn them away anyway. So... no it will cost you 180,000 yen approx. to watch sumo on the 1st floor every day for 15 days! (I was stupid...) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ilovesumo 12 Posted October 11, 2011 You don't have to sit in your own "assigned seat" all day but you can only sit in the first floor if you have a masu or tamari ticket. Then you can sit close and move back to your own seat when the people come but you can't sit on the 1st floor with a 2nd floor ticket anymore. It is very lonely for the rikishi in the morning until 2 pm or so actually. Young boys can't even see their parents as they are all at the 2nd floor. Mothers ask to get in "just to see their son's matches" and are denied... isn't that sad?!! Sometimes to let a mom inside for her son's match I would go out, give her my ticket and go to the bathroom and wait til she came back with my ticket.. It is quite a ridiculous new system to keep the yakuza out which makes no sense because the yakuza can surely afford a 1st floor ticket. And while the ochaya who police the doors until 1pm can probably recognize the yakuza who shouldn't come in the part time event staff which are hired to police it from 1-6pm have no idea about who the yakuza are and wouldn't be able to turn them away anyway. So... no it will cost you 180,000 yen approx. to watch sumo on the 1st floor every day for 15 days! (I was stupid...) It's not sad, it's simply wrong. Less and less spectators come, this stupid rule mad it even more unattractive. They should do the opposite and give out a gold card for alltimers and family members etc. So many ideas flying around... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kotoviki 16 Posted November 23, 2011 You don't have to sit in your own "assigned seat" all day but you can only sit in the first floor if you have a masu or tamari ticket. Then you can sit close and move back to your own seat when the people come but you can't sit on the 1st floor with a 2nd floor ticket anymore. It is very lonely for the rikishi in the morning until 2 pm or so actually. Young boys can't even see their parents as they are all at the 2nd floor. Mothers ask to get in "just to see their son's matches" and are denied... isn't that sad?!! Sometimes to let a mom inside for her son's match I would go out, give her my ticket and go to the bathroom and wait til she came back with my ticket.. It is quite a ridiculous new system to keep the yakuza out which makes no sense because the yakuza can surely afford a 1st floor ticket. And while the ochaya who police the doors until 1pm can probably recognize the yakuza who shouldn't come in the part time event staff which are hired to police it from 1-6pm have no idea about who the yakuza are and wouldn't be able to turn them away anyway. So... no it will cost you 180,000 yen approx. to watch sumo on the 1st floor every day for 15 days! :-S It's not sad, it's simply wrong. Less and less spectators come, this stupid rule mad it even more unattractive. They should do the opposite and give out a gold card for alltimers and family members etc. So many ideas flying around... When I watched TV even at 4pm of Kyushu basho I thought "how much money are they losing?" and at Kyushu you can sit where you want with even the cheapest ticket... Sumo looks so boring to people who don't know anything about it! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
