Christopher

One hour ago near Big Ben - spot the rikishi I think it was Ryuden.

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....

I thought that if it was about the promotion to Yokozuna, this would be the right thread. And if Onosato wins the next yusho, then he would be a yokozuna. But what do I know...

Did I miss it? Or is there really no discussion here about the fact that Onosato is the most likely candidate since Terunofuji to become a yokozuna? Probably not this year, but next year. I think that's striking.

Walking to the old arena in Nagoya, you can see the new arena - still under construction. Photo is from today.

This is blasphemy!

Let's discuss this after he won his first 10 yusho. I think it's Hōshōryū who will be in san'yaku soon...

God, I love this sport - can't wait to see it live again!

Endo is such a great technician. It's a shame that he doesn't show that regularly.

I guess many folks here in the forum did notice that you had changed your avatar and were curious who the guy on the left side is, but were - like me - too shy to ask...

Germans and the english language... Thanks for your hint, Eikokurai.

Kotoshoho looks like sanyaku-material for sure. He seems so calm, cool and confident - amazing for such a young rikishi...

That's his style of sumo! When fit, he's one of the strongest rikishi in means of pure physical power. And he had no bandage on his left knee - a good sign!

Sounds to me like the polite / reserved japanese way of saying: "There will be no basho in may."....

"Buysumotickets" has started to sell tickets for the may basho. I thought they would wait until the sumo association clarifies if the march basho will take place (or in which form it will take place). Maybe "Buysumotickets" knows more than we do?

These are the reasons why it's difficult - if not to say impossible - for someone who is not japanese or at least lives in Japan to buy tickets at sumo.pia. I guess I will have to buy my tickets (like before) at "buysumotickets". That firm really works pretty well, but the seats they offer are restricted to the ones which are easier to get (talking about "fight against time when sales start").

Hi Akinomaki, I have tried your links, but on the (Google-translated) pages of sumo.pia I can't find a "masu seat box". Unfortunatelly I don't speak japanese, so the japanese pages of sumo.pia are a ridle for me, and the Google-translated versions of these pages don't make really sense. But thanks anyway for your response!

Hi, I have been in Japan three times to watch sumo live (2 x Osaka, 1 x Tokio). Since I travelled as a single person, I needed only one seat in the venue. As you may know, there are two different types of seats; "box seats" and "arena seats". Box seats normaly are located closer to the doyho, so in this aspect they are the better seats. The "problem" is, that you have to buy a complete box (with seats/seat cushions for three or four people); they don't sell single tickets for box seats. Now my question is: Does anybody know if there's a platform/place in the internet where I can find/meet other people who are willing to buy/share a complete box? I'm thinking about visiting the november-basho in Fukuoka....