Training camp news and pics

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Musashigawa-beya has a training camp till the 23rd in Beppu-city, with 13 rikishi and the oyakata. On th 18th they were guests of the students of the Takita cooking school in Oita-city. The students prepared sumo inspired dishes of the regional cuisine for them.

Also KONISHIKI came for a visit.

NHK local news page with video http://www3.nhk.or.jp/lnews/oita/20181018/5070002263.html

Edited October 20, 2018 by Akinomaki

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Futagoyama-beya is new in Iizuka-city, close to the pastry shop Puchiful (antenna shop of Izutsu-ya (井筒屋 not related to that heya), where a course of students from the local high school has a shop and created a dohyo cake for the rikishi of the gourmet heya. http://www.nishinippon.co.jp/nnp/f_chikuhou/article/464149

local NHK-vid. http://www3.nhk.or.jp/fukuoka-news/20181108/0002790.html

The dohyo matsuri was on the 29th http://www.nishinippon.co.jp/nnp/f_chikuhou/article/461389

the rikishi promptly took part in a local matsuri (that NHK video is gone by now)

https://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/iizuka_39/33709566.html

 

Heya location list for Kyushu 2018: http://www.o-sumo.site/fukuoka/sumo_yado_fukuoka2018/

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The sekitori are at the jungyo - others at training camps.

Azumazeki-beya has started their 10th Nobeoka training camp on the 2nd, with 12 members - Furiwake as coach for 9 rikishi. It goes on till the 10th - and on the 7th the jungyo comes to Nobeoka.

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A video from the Michinoku-beya training camp in Shintomi on the 8th and 9th - 2 rikishi from Tatsunami-beya joined in- Hoshoryu being one - and 3 from Tokitsukaze-beya https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYLG7QzuhUU

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Tagonoura-beya becomes the first heya that stays at a keiba ground for their regional basho lodgings.

For Osaka they'll stay at the Sonoda racecourse in Amagasaki, asageiko can be watched from the 26th to March 7th, the new Araiso-oyakata will be there - with events for kids and chanko served for the locals.

A friend of Tagonoura-oyakata, rider from the same Kagoshima pref., had introduced him to the place.
http://www.kobe-np.co.jp/news/sports/201902/0012077482.shtml

on the 18th  at the Hyogo prefectural office

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Edited February 19 by Akinomaki

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Naruto-beya arrived in (remaining) full at their Osaka lodgings - and the oyakata smiles again o

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On 19/02/2019 at 08:27, Akinomaki said:

Tagonoura-beya becomes the first heya that stays at a keiba ground for their regional basho lodgings.

For Osaka they'll stay at the Sonoda racecourse in Amagasaki, asageiko can be watched from the 26th to March 7th, the new Araiso-oyakata will be there - with events for kids and chanko served for the locals.

On the 20th, the oyakata was at the city hall of Amagasaki to tell the mayor about it

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and on the 21st he had a talk-show at the race course http://www.daily.co.jp/horse/2019/02/21/0012084845.shtml

the dohyo http://www.daily.co.jp/general/2019/02/22/0012086748.shtml

Edited February 24 by Akinomaki

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Shikoroyama-beya today had the dohyo-matsuri at their location in Yamato-Takada city.

Local NHK vid: http://www3.nhk.or.jp/lnews/nara/20190225/2050001928.html

Abi: "Last basho I had my name just a tiny bit in the yusho race, this time I want to be in the center of it."

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Edited February 27 by Akinomaki

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On 19/02/2019 at 08:27, Akinomaki said:

Tagonoura-beya becomes the first heya that stays at a keiba ground for their regional basho lodgings.

For Osaka they'll stay at the Sonoda racecourse in Amagasaki, asageiko can be watched from the 26th to March 7th, the new Araiso-oyakata will be there - with events for kids and chanko served for the locals.

Tagonoura-beya training started today - there was also keiba that day, asa-geiko was open to the public from 10-11 a.m. - more than 200 watched the training, 1106 people were on the grounds at the end time - Tuesday last week keiba alone had only 478 visitors.

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The oyakata watches the horses of his stable train

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Araiso is active in training: "Good training at a good dohyo."

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greeting the guests

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already mingling with the horses

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the heya nobori decorate the racecourse

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Edited March 1 by Akinomaki

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Dohyo matsuri and Ichinojo's keiko start at Minato-beya

22 hours ago, Akinomaki said:

Tagonoura-beya training started today - there was also keiba that day, asa-geiko was open to the public from 10-11 a.m. - more than 200 watched the training, 1106 people were on the grounds at the end time

Articles name 300 to 500 to have watched - usually asageiko is free to watch, but here the people have to pay the 100 yen entry fee to the racecourse grounds.

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a spectator posted a slideshow video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WL61I3eXjg

Edited February 27 by Akinomaki

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On 19/02/2019 at 08:27, Akinomaki said:

Tagonoura-beya becomes the first heya that stays at a keiba ground for their regional basho lodgings.

For Osaka they'll stay at the Sonoda racecourse in Amagasaki, asageiko can be watched from the 26th to March 7th, the new Araiso-oyakata will be there - with events for kids and chanko served for the locals.

Miyane-ya had a detailed report on it today - 3:18-3:39JST, with a live interview of Tagonoura-oyakata in the end http://www.miomio.tv/watch/cc423709/

Edited February 28 by Akinomaki

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On 26/02/2019 at 15:04, Akinomaki said:

Tagonoura-beya training started today - there was also keiba that day, asa-geiko was open to the public from 10-11 a.m. - more than 200 watched the training, 1106 people were on the grounds at the end time - Tuesday last week keiba alone had only 478 visitors.

Seems like a good business model for other commercial sports to have a sumo-beya on the premises: on the 2nd day for the end of keiko at 11a.m., 1455 people had paid the 100yen to enter the keiba grounds, and on the end of the day it were 2954, 487 more than on the day before. http://www.sanspo.com/sports/news/20190228/sum19022805010004-n1.html

(maybe that's mainly the Kise effect though)

Edited March 1 by Akinomaki

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Dohyo matsuri at Musashigawa-beya

Another report on Takadawa-beya at the racecourse - from Kansai based Mainichi-housou on the 26th

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeNeWo_fVQA

Edited March 2 by Akinomaki

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Araiso had a talk-show at the heya's racecourse. About the eternal bouts with Takayasu: in the past he had trained for himself, but now he only thinks of how to help Takayasu - with the result that his own sumo gets better and better.

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NewsEvery (5:28h) and PRIMENews evening (6:57h) today had reports

Edited March 7 by Akinomaki

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(still)Gagyusan (center) on the 2nd prepared chanko at a shopping district in Yamatotakada, Nara, the location of Shikoroyama-beya - looks like the heya still employs him as chankoban - and they sold the chanko there - no free serving. http://mainichi.jp/articles/20190303/ddl/k29/050/265000c

The pre-basho corner in NHK Shibu5ji had a report on the heya there yesterday - I haven't found it not on the net so far

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Musashigawa-beya is ready for the basho  http://musashigawa.com/archives/9123

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Miyagino-beya will stay at the Toyota sports center for the Nagoya-basho - the only basho for which the yusho parade is in a Toyota. Company president Toyota is a friend of Hakuho. The number of rikishi in the heya has grown (by an extra size one) and the former lodgings have become too small. They will  use the dohyo of the corporate club.

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Edited March 25 by Akinomaki

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The new Fuji TV Live News (it!) - replacing FNN PRIME News (evening) in the very first edition had a report on Arashio-beya in Osaka, with the focus on the failure of Kotokuzan to reach sekitori. 6:25-6:41h: http://www.miomio.tv/watch/cc429062/

On reiwa day the only program with a sumo special - a very promising new source.

I keep updating the wide & news show list http://www.sumoforum.net/forums/topic/34506-tips-and-tools-to-get-the-sumo-coverage-from-the-net/?tab=comments#comment-375448

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Dewanoumi-beya will have a training camp from June 19th-23rd  in Kiso town, Nagano. They train at the town's people sumo ground. Open keiko is on the 22nd, on the other days, for 30 000 yen supporting companies can watch, for 100 000 yen nobori with company names can be placed.

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the heya's Takasaki-oyakata (Kinkaiyama) at the action committee on the 12th - he will be there with about 10 heya members, Mitakeumi from adjacent Agematsu town among them

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Edited April 14 by Akinomaki

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Kokonoe-beya with 18 members is since the 4th for 8 days in Gero, Gifu

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the dohyo below a tent

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Kasugano-beya with 16 rikishi from the 5th till the 11th is in Kuji, Iwate - each year they are there in August, this year they changed the date, and the sekitori who are usually at the Natsu jungyo then can take part as well

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Arashio-beya after last year is again in Shimosuwa, Nagano, from the 6th till the 19th. Today heya members prepared the dohyo they'll use, at a local primary school. With 12 members of the heya, rikishi from a connected heya join to have 14 rikishi train there.

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As mentioned, Takasago is in Asanoyama's hometown Toyama from the 11th-13th -  Oguruma-beya is in Yoshikaze's Saiki from the 17th till the 23rd

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Edited June 6 by Akinomaki

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Opening of the dohyo for Futagoyama-beya on the 10th, for their training camp in Shibukawa, Akagimachi Minamiakagisan o

Dohyo matsuri held by Kimura Kankuro

Till the 16th with 6 rikishi. The connection for this is through the head of the (Saitama) Miyoshi town branch of the heya koenkai, who is the company president of Tokyo based TI Holdings, who have a training institute with rest house in this onsen town.  https://www.jomo-news.co.jp/news/gunma/society/137852

the oyakata with the mayor

 

Arashio-beya has started to train in Shimosuwa

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On 06/06/2019 at 20:41, Akinomaki said:

Arashio-beya after last year is again in Shimosuwa, Nagano, from the 6th till the 19th. Today heya members prepared the dohyo they'll use, at a local primary school. With 12 members of the heya, rikishi from a connected heya join to have 14 rikishi train there.

Kokonoe-beya with 18 members is since the 4th for 8 days in Gero, Gifu

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Kokonoe-oyakata and 10 rikishi during their training camp in Gero (struck by torrential rain last year)  on the 6th were at a local primary school

Takasago-beya on the 8th had started a training camp in Shimotsuma, Ibaraki, till they switch to Toyama on the 12th

Tokitsukaze-beya's ...

for the start of the heya's Miyakojima training camp on the 8th (till the 15th) were at the local Harimizu-gakuen welfare facility

Takasago:Asanoyama in Shimotsuma

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Edited June 11 by Akinomaki

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Takasago-beya with 23 members - all eyes on Asanoyama - moved from Shimotsuma to Toyama pref. today, for the 2 day training camp at the Imizu-city green park

spotted on arrival by Hokuriku shinkansen:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ed3KLXY3shg

then to Imizu by bus

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heya manager ex-Ichinoya on the right

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food donations

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staying at the Imizu sumo dojo

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the people come to watch

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Tokitsukaze on Miyakojima from the 8th till the 15th, with 12 rikishi http://miyakoshinpo.com/news.cgi?no=21416&continue=on

the dohyo is at Villa Karimata http://villa-karimata.com/about/

 

Isenoumi-beya started a 5 day training camp in Morioka today, with 7 rikishi - of course with local boy Nishikigi, and 2 others from Iwate pref. The heya has this training camp location each year since  3 years ago (=since Nishikigi is in makuuchi)

Local NHK vid:  http://www3.nhk.or.jp/lnews/morioka/20190611/6040004422.html

 

On 06/06/2019 at 20:41, Akinomaki said:

Kasugano-beya with 16 rikishi from the 5th till the 11th is in Kuji, Iwate - each year they are there in August, this year they changed the date, and the sekitori who are usually at the Natsu jungyo then can take part as well

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Edited June 11 by Akinomaki

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1 hour ago, Akinomaki said:

heya manager ex-Ichinoya on the right

I didn't recognize without a mage.

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Futagoyama at their Shibukawa onsen resort training camp

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Kokonoe in Gero

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Tomozuna-beya from the 12th to the 17th has a training camp in in Mukawa town, also to cheer up the locals stricken by the 2018 Hokkaido earthquake

Kyokutaisei is in the foucs

local NHK vid http://www3.nhk.or.jp/sapporo-news/20190612/0011029.html

local TV vid http://www.stv.jp/news/stvnews/u3f86t000005kgyn.html

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Isenoumi-beya's Nishikigi at the Morioka camp

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as supporter for a local marathon event - local NHK vid http://www3.nhk.or.jp/lnews/morioka/20190614/6040004456.html

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local Okinawa TV about Tokitsukaze on Miyakojima http://www.rbc.co.jp/news_rbc/大相撲・時津風部屋が宮古島合宿/

Edited June 17 by Akinomaki

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On 06/06/2019 at 20:41, Akinomaki said:

Oguruma-beya is in Yoshikaze's Saiki from the 17th till the 23rd

After last year the 2nd training camp in Saiki for Oguruma-beya, with 8 rikishi. On the 18th training started

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Yoshikaze watching (ex-tsukebito/ uchi deshi?) Tomokaze train

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after training Yoshikaze mingled with visiting nursery school kids

then a visit to a local primary school

later heya members were at the city hall

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local NHK vid http://www3.nhk.or.jp/lnews/oita/20190618/5070003906.html

 

Next training camp location for Kokonoe is Yokkaichi, Mie, at the "Liberty house" retirement home - like last year they trained with visiting members of the rugby club of the local high school , on the 17th

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Tomozuna-oyakata and 3 rikishi during the heya's Mukawa training camp were at a local primary school on the 13th, here Kyokutaisei (Kaisei and Kyushuho were there as well) o

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Futagoyama-beya in Shibukawa - on the 14th kids from a local elementary school came to watch

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Minesaki-beya members with the help of locals prepare the dohyo in Hiraya village, Nagano, for the training camp there after Nagoya, July 25th-Aug. 8th

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during the heya's 3rd Miyakojima training camp, Yutakayama mada a sympathy call to a local hospital and met with a 106 year old sumo fan

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Edited June 19 by Akinomaki