Murasakiayame

It's very common for formal speeches in Japan to begin with the speaker respectfully bowing to the audience and the audience respectfully bowing in return. What would happen if the speaker forgot to bow or purposely didn't? Would the speaker be allowed to continue? Bad consequences? What would it mean if the audience didn't bow in return? Could this ever happen? Has anybody seen this sort of thing happen? I never did, but I only lived there for a few years.

I hope Hakuho keeps up his hinkaku and develops his own style of being a yokozuna instead of copying Asashoryu's not always respectful attitude. He had a bit of a problem with that before the tournament and I hope he can fully break out of the "follower" mentality. His sumo has been awesome this tournament and I hope he can suceed just as well as a yokozuna off the dohyo. (Sign of approval...)

Let's LIMBO!!

Thanks!

Typically when a yokozuna loses, the spectators hurl their zabutons. So when you have more then one yokozuna, and they're not facing each other, and they both lose, what do the spectators do for the second yokozuna loss? Grab the nearest zabuton and hurl it again? Or do they only hurl their zabuton for the last match of the day?

It's kind of nice being back in a climate where "Samui desu ne!" has real meaning. But of course, I get to wear more than a mawashi. Glad the goats are cozy.

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In Japan several of my kindergarten students in the tiny backwater town I used to teach English in would try and get away with doing that, so they must've been seeing it somewhere. I'm not sure if they understood it though. Thanks for the great videos!! (I am not worthy...)

Does anybody know about how long rikishi have retired by getting their mage snipped off? More than 100 years? Less than 50?

So what happens to kensho when a rikishi goes kyujo? Returned to the sponsors?

1. Where do you live? Duluth, Minnesota, just back from living in Fukushima prefecture for two years. 2. How are you watching it? banzuke.com 3. Cost of watching it? $0 4. Do you stay up to watch it live, or record/watch the next day? I watch the video clips the next day after Dale has posted them. Thank you!

In the wee hours of the morning, before the lowest of the low ranking rikishi start practice are there any special ceremonies, health prayers, or dohyo chants the guys do? Also, is there any restriction on how early two guys can begin practice?

This all is very wonderful! Thanks for posting so much. I feel like I should find some place to float.

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I'll be in Tokyo for one day of the May basho and then I'll be off to the theater.

There's another picture of Roho smiling next to little bro on the site! (In a state of confusion...) Wow! It's got to be a little bro' effect. Awe.

Looking at the video at Dale's sight slowed way down, it appears that Kotooshu's mage hit the ground first. It's weird. Their heads appear to merge a moment later.

How did Miyabiyama get his nickname, The Sheriff? Was there a specific bout or some TV show I should've been watching with a Sheriff named Miyabi?

Congratulations. A friend of mine will be having her second anniversary soon.

Just imagine seeing konishiki in that position.

Definitly more posh. Quieter, too. http://www.magnaflow.com/04sound/trucksound/h2l.htm That'll move him to happy. Even just as a passenger. :-) But, no rikishi in the club photo yet. http://www.hummer-club.jp/

I got to ride in a hummer in a Japan last year. One of the guys at work has a son who works at a military base. He brought the hummer to work and lot of people got to take a ride. They're very noisy and the inside doesn't have a whole lot of sitting room. I'm very suprised rikishi would buy one. But maybe that's just the military hummers.

Terry Pratchette is one of my favorite authors as well. "Guards! Guards!" was the book that got me hooked. His style is so unique and very addictive. "Good Omens" is laying about 3 inches away from my computer right now.

I've got Hakuho for Doc already or else I