London koen- October 2025

[Bunbukuchagama 958]

15 hours ago, Kajiyanosho said:

The Royal Albert Hall said that a limited number of tickets will go on sale on Friday 25th July at 10am UK time.

Shhhhhhhhhhhh... Give us a chance.

[TheGunbaiHolder 34]

On 22/07/2025 at 14:18, Kajiyanosho said:

The Royal Albert Hall said that a limited number of tickets will go on sale on Friday 25th July at 10am UK time. 

I can pawn your kidneys for cash, just in case you need some liquidity.

[Jakusotsu 6,362]

3 minutes ago, TheGunbaiHolder said:

I can pawn your kidneys for cash, just in case you need some liquidity.

Too much liquid is bad for someone without kidneys.

[Morning 94]

Well, that worked splendidly. On the hour, everything sold out.

 

Edit: or apparently I was just early. Tickets still available 

Edited July 25 by Morning

[Akinomaki 41,706]

Today (yesterday in Japan) after the rikishi-kai, Hello Kitty was appointed PR ambassador for the ozumo London koen, to represent Japanese (pop?) culture. Sanrio will cooperate with the NSK for the London event. The yusho winner(s) in London also get a Sanrio-sho, for which the trophy is a 100cm tall Hello Kitty plush toy.

with Hoshoryu at the departure ceremony for London

ooo  o oo o  oo

kensho - for London, likely also for the Aki basho on Hoshoryu's bout

 o o o o   o

There will be events for kids with Kitty-chan - and Hoshoryu will accompany her on PR tours

news clip

with footage from last time

Edited September 2 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki 41,706]

On 02/09/2025 at 21:46, Akinomaki said:

after the rikishi-kai, Hello Kitty was appointed PR ambassador for the ozumo London koen, to represent Japanese (pop?) culture. Sanrio will cooperate with the NSK for the London event. The yusho winner(s) in London also get a Sanrio-sho, for which the trophy is a 100cm tall Hello Kitty plush toy.

with Hoshoryu at the departure ceremony for London

Detailed report from TV Asahi - with long photo shoots, the 2nd with the kensho - event host was Hiro Morita

the NSK will likely post one as well

Press release from Sanrio https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000683.000037629.html

Hello Kitty is London (outskirts) shusshin, 5 apples tall and 3 apples heavy

[Christopher 19]

The long-awaited tickets are now being sent out. One ticket arrived yesterday, the second today. I'm really looking forward to the event and London; it's been about 30 years since I was in England....

[Bunbukuchagama 958]

9 hours ago, Christopher said:

The long-awaited tickets are now being sent out. One ticket arrived yesterday, the second today.

You lucky person.

[Morning 94]

Mine also arrived earlier this week.

[Koorifuu 1,101]

Mine haven't, which is slightly worrying considering I probably live closer to RAH than most, so postage should've been expedite. Maybe those are actually shipped off from somewhere else in the UK, let's see.

[Kajiyanosho 39]

24 minutes ago, Koorifuu said:

Mine haven't, which is slightly worrying considering I probably live closer to RAH than most, so postage should've been expedite. Maybe those are actually shipped off from somewhere else in the UK, let's see.

I live in London and also haven't received it yet. I'm not too worried, though. They'll probably be here in the next week or so, and in any case showing the confirmation email should be enough to get in. 

Did you see that they're selling an in-ear device with Hiro Morita's live commentary? 

[Morning 94]

Might they have send the international tickets first and keep the national ones for last since those should have the fastest delivery times?

I was able to add the commentary for one day but for the other it always glitches out.