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57 minutes ago, sumojoann said:

I might be able to have a friend in Japan get one for you.  Let me know if you're interested.

Thanks for the offer! I appreciate it. But in reality, I can't, I've got way too much stuff in my house already and I should be looking to get rid of some things rather than the other way around...

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17 hours ago, dada78641 said:

Thanks for the offer! I appreciate it. But in reality, I can't, I've got way too much stuff in my house already and I should be looking to get rid of some things rather than the other way around...

I can definitely relate to your situation.  That applies to me, too!

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I thought this little "Tea Pet" was interesting.  A strange combination of a sumo wrestler with a peach head.  He looks amazingly like Takarafuji!!  (AFTER YOU CLICK ON THE LINK, YOU HAVE TO SCROLL DOWN TO SEE THE "TEA PET").   https://www.etsy.com/listing/943434055/tea-pet-tibet-chinese-zisha-yixing?ref=landingpage_similar_listing_bot-3&frs=1

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The picture banzuke for Natsu o and Nagoya o

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If you have LINE app, NSK has released a set of rikishi stickers.

☆LINEスタンプ販売開始!☆
【公式】お相撲さんスタンプ
250円(100コイン)/40個
ご購入・詳細はこちら▼
https://line.me/S/sticker/17499287

「スタンプショップ」または「LINE STORE」にて
「相撲協会」で検索でもダウンロードできます。

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The picture banzuke for Hatsu 2022

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new on sale: tapestry

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58 minutes ago, Akinomaki said:

The picture banzuke for Hatsu 2022

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new on sale: tapestry

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Do you know what they mean by selling tapestry?  Are they selling life-size versions of kesho-mawashi?  Or maybe miniature versions?  Does it indicate how much they cost?  My friend will be at the basho on shonichi and always offers to buy me whatever I would like (I pay him back).  I would be interested in knowing more about these tapestries.

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The "tapestry" is probably better described as a wall scroll, by the looks of the "in place" image at the bottom left of the flyer. It's 215x50cm, is reversible (one side might be B&W with the larger rikishi partially obscuring their highest rank, the other in colour with the rikishi smaller in size below their unobscured rank, although there might be variants with one image only). Designs, subject to availability (by basho it seems) are Meisei, Daieisho, Okinoumi, Myogiryu and Terutsuyoshi, and it goes for 11k yen before tax.

Info in parentheses are stuff I'm not very sure about myself, either because my Japanese isn't great or because it's not explicitly stated by the flyer, so take those with a pinch of salt.

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1 hour ago, The Fat Cyclist said:

Incidentally, a link on that article leads to this:

https://soranews24.com/2018/02/21/snuggle-up-to-a-sexy-daikon-body-pillow-in-japan/

Maybe that's what Shodai needs to get his mojo back.

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Some new merch out of Nishonoseki-beya: akeni-shaped tissue boxes!

Apparently it's made for corporate sponsors of the heya.

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 Nice NSK fanclub article, with a PR video of oyakata solving the banzuke puzzle: A2 size, 1000 pieces, produced by Nishonoseki, the banzuke with him as new yokozuna. The first edition for paying members is already sold out (all signed by him) https://fanclub.sumo.or.jp/product/38547

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Another batch of banners out, which should really clean house: Abi, Hōshōryū, Ura, Ōnoshō, and Tochinoshin.

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On 26/02/2022 at 22:18, Akinomaki said:

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You know, on relooking this, I at first thought this was a book, and then wondered how cool it would be to have a book compilation of all the printed banzuke sheets over the years, like an almanac. Impractical to update, sure, but wow.

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