Oyakata activities

[Akinomaki]

Musashigawa-oyakata tours the whole country to create connections and visits schools with sumo clubs. This time via an introduction by a friend from Takaoka-city, Toyama, the Takaoka-Koryo high school sumo club.
http://www.hokkoku.co.jp/subpage/TL20160211611.htm

[Akinomaki]

A new look for Takanohana (will his popularity be affected by this?)

http://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/1612024.html

at the Takanohana-ichimon (with Onomatsu, Otake, Tatsunami) koenkai encouragement party - 2nd act (after last year, which had about 1600 related persons from all involved heya) - also from the larger Takanohana-group (Shikoroyama, Minato, Tokitsukaze) - and Sanoyama (Chiyotaikai) and Kitanoumi-beya successor Yamahibiki (Ganyu) to make it 9 oyakata. http://mainichi.jp/articles/20160304/spn/00m/050/019000c.html

This year only about 150 supporters and 50 heya persons.







'Who picked these glasses for this'

'I'd rather have a Chivas Regal'

Edited March 4, 2016 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki]

Oshima-oyakata is in New York. With enka singer Kobyashi Sachiko (62) serving chanko nabe to 200 at the Azasu, a charity event for the The Seeing Eye. http://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/1628162.html

[Hakuhonofan]

Takanohana appears in a new whisky CM (on TV on the 19th), for a Japan-only brand of Chivas Regal. He visited Scotland for the first time for the shooting of the CM.

http://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/news/2015/12/16/kiji/K20151216011693140.html

Making Of the CM

Is it sold anywhere else besides Japan, I wonder? I'd like me a finger or two.

[wuli]

Takanohana appears in a new whisky CM (on TV on the 19th), for a Japan-only brand of Chivas Regal. He visited Scotland for the first time for the shooting of the CM.

http://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/news/2015/12/16/kiji/K20151216011693140.html

Making Of the CM

Is it sold anywhere else besides Japan, I wonder? I'd like me a finger or two.

under 'mizunara chivas', i quickly found it for sale in states and australia (AU$112.)

i don't think it is new; one article written in august '13 forecast a release for october '13

scanning the first four hits gives me the impression it is widely available

maybe someone here has already tried it

[Akinomaki]

I first thought "Where is the oyakata?", but ex-Asahisato (Nakagawa-oyakata) maybe has used Taka's recipe for losing weight recently. In March he was made sightseeing ambassador for his hometown Ikeda-city, Osaka. http://www.nnn.co.jp/dainichi/news/160412/20160412035.html
on the right the mayor

[Akinomaki]

Sanoyama-oyakata (Chiyotaikai) has (produced) a ramen restaurant now in Nagoya, in a student district: Marukyuu=⑨ - 九 is in Kokonoe 九重 - likely also his future oyakata name. He wants to open a 2nd one at another Nagoya student district location. http://www.chunichi.co.jp/chuspo/article/sumo/news/CK2016041502000131.html



Nishiiwa-oyakata (Wakanosato) walking in Edogawa ward - not long now till the final cut

http://www.asahi.com/articles/DA3S12310332.html

Edited April 15, 2016 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki]

Nishiiwa-oyakata visited the governor of Aomori. He will go against his old rival since primary school Furiwake (ex-Robocop) in his last bout as Wakanosato at his intai-zumo. http://www.toonippo.co.jp/news_too/nto2016/20160416012486.asp




Sadogatake-oyakata and the o-kami-san at the zen-yasai event for the 38th Sakura-zumo tournament for kids in the hometown of his shisho/her father ex-Kotozakura http://www.nnn.co.jp/news/160417/20160417011.html

[Akinomaki]

Nishiiwa-oyakata

will go against his old rival since primary school Furiwake (ex-Robocop) in his last bout as Wakanosato at his intai-zumo.

ex-Wakanosato denies allegations that he might switch to martial arts like Baruto

he simply visited a boxing gym, got told he has a good punch, and taught to the 2 world champions shiko stamping in return. http://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/1642387.html

Poor Furiwake - Nishiiwa tries to get in form for this last bout with this. Hopefully they don't make it a shokkiri performance of hansoku with punches - I think they don't regularly show that variety at a jungyo.

Edited May 5, 2016 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki]

Furiwake giving his best best for a new Nagatanien CM - on the Nagatanien official channel https://www.youtube.com/user/Nagatanien1953/videos

it has a ① - there may be more

[inhashi]

At the early attempts, that was some amazing lack of coordination from Furiwake :-O

[WAKATAKE]

Days ahead of his danpatsu shiki on the 29th, Oshima oyakata was seen at the Shoya Yaezuguchi restaurant for a charity event raising money for the victims of the Kumamoto earthquakes. While there he was serving free chanko nabe to those attending, and had his hair in chon-mage style in the hopes that the people of Kumamoto could find peace and strength while seeing him on the job. He will be down in Kumamoto on the 24th serving chanko.

http://www.nikkansports.com/battle/sumo/news/1652024.html

[Akinomaki]

Kokonoe-oyakata did fund raising for quake stricken Kumamoto, in front of his statue at a family temple in Tokyo's Taito ward. The statue was erected there 5 years ago. http://www.daily.co.jp/sumo/2016/06/05/0009154343.shtml

[RabidJohn]

Ok, I get to see very little overall, but that's the first I've seen or heard of Kokonoe-oyakata since Kitanoumi died.

Has he always kept such a low profile as a stable boss?

[Atenzan]

Whoa, this is the first time I've seen him that he doesn't look like Chiyonofuji...

[Akinomaki]

Furiwake giving his best best for a new Nagatanien CM - on the Nagatanien official channel https://www.youtube.com/user/Nagatanien1953/videos

it has a ① - there may be more

And there is more of the Furiwake challenge series

No.2

No.3

[Akinomaki]

Tamanoi-oyakata (Tochiazuma II) was made Belgian beer honorary knight with a few others at the 7th Belgian beer weekend Tokyo. In 2014 for Belgian TV together with a Belgian chef he introduced sumo and chanko to the Belgian audience, and mussel chanko developed into an item for Japan-Belgium cultural exchange . http://cyclestyle.net/article/2016/09/17/41096.html

[Atenzan]

Thankfully it was in Tokyo and not Brussels. That city is downright filthy, and this is coming from a Greek.

[Faustonowaka]

1 hour ago, McBugger said:

Thankfully it was in Tokyo and not Brussels. That city is downright filthy, and this is coming from a Greek.

Have you seen all of Brussels? I doubt it. Some parts of the city might be "filthy" but the historical centre certainly isn't, and most of the city has been renovated in recent years. And this is coming from a Belgian

 

[Atenzan]

Just now, Faustonowaka said:

Have you seen all of Brussels? I doubt it. Some parts of the city might be "filthy" but the historical centre certainly isn't, and most of the city has been renovated in recent years. And this is coming from a Belgian

 

Visited in 2013. Did go to the historical centre, in fact I saw as large a portion of the city I could by day, walking 5+ hours every day for 5 days. Apart from the Grand-Place and environs, the area with the many museums whose name eludes me, and a large, green cemetery adjacent to the Universite Libre near Ixelles, the city was decidedly smelly and dirty.

On the other hand, I loved Bruges and (especially) Ghent to bits. Would visit again in a heartbeat.

 

[Faustonowaka]

1 hour ago, McBugger said:

Visited in 2013. Did go to the historical centre, in fact I saw as large a portion of the city I could by day, walking 5+ hours every day for 5 days. Apart from the Grand-Place and environs, the area with the many museums whose name eludes me, and a large, green cemetery adjacent to the Universite Libre near Ixelles, the city was decidedly smelly and dirty.

On the other hand, I loved Bruges and (especially) Ghent to bits. Would visit again in a heartbeat.

 

Having lived in Ghent for 5 years and having worked in Brussels for over 8 years, I agree that Ghent is far cleaner and has a totally different atmosphere. 

Have been to Greece too (several times) and I totally loved it, my favourite spot is a restaurant in Molivos harbour on Lesbos.

Edited September 18, 2016 by Faustonowaka

[ronnie]

Did I read somewhere that Bruges now has an underground pipeline supplying beer to various outlets?

[Faustonowaka]

35 minutes ago, ronnie said:

Did I read somewhere that Bruges now has an underground pipeline supplying beer to various outlets?

Partly correct, a 3km undergroud pipeline connects the ancient brewery in the center of the city with another part of the brewery where the beer is bottled.
No direct supply to bars or shops...

[Akinomaki]

Furiwake had a day at the boat-races. http://www.daily.co.jp/horse/2016/09/27/0009529668.shtml

he helped with selling the heya's special chanko there

"please refrain from taking photos and signs"

 

Edited September 28, 2016 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki]

A party near his hometown to honor the recently retired but still Dekiyama-oyakata  (ex-Dewanohana, now consulting pensioner) http://www.toonippo.co.jp/news_too/nto2016/20161007018522.asp

 

Edited October 7, 2016 by Akinomaki