Nuxfanabroad Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 Here we are in Osaka, & it's time for the annual Sumo Basho. Toughest ticket you'll ever wish for in sporting history!! Indeed, only the invisible sumo ghosts & Gods in attendance today. Because no one's allowed to attend. Due to Covid19, they're playing out the matches on TV, with nary a soul in attendance. Missus & I at home watching on the tele. Man, this is a strange scenario. We're talking about a sport of religious & cultural significance, with roots like a first dated match of 640AD! It's such a wonderful live exp, that I've enjoyed twice in recent yrs. Hopefully this damned virus dies out, & we can all go back to a relatively normal day to day. Sad feeling, but admire the authorities/wrestlers in their determined effort to still see the tourney through. Hope this doesn't happen in hockey. But I trust the athletes to play out the season(hard), even if it's simply for cameras in empty arenas. Peace & health to all 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 I'd like to be picked up by a young Akiko Wakabayashi at a Sumo Match. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuxfanabroad Posted March 8, 2020 Author Share Posted March 8, 2020 (edited) @Ghostsof1915 Ha, that's awesome Ghosts. Would you believe I've still never seen that particular Bond flick?! Have you seen "The Yakuza" with Robert Mitchum & Takakura Ken? Highly acclaimed, directed by Sydney Pollack. If you haven't, strongly recommended. There's a youtube interview w/Pollack, just looked it up, entitled: The Yakuza 1974 Promises To Keep . Only about 20 mins Watched it a yr or two back..was pretty cool. & I hope some day you attend a Basho w/lovely Akiko-san too! Edited March 8, 2020 by Nuxfanabroad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Blight Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 8 hours ago, Nuxfanabroad said: Here we are in Osaka, & it's time for the annual Sumo Basho. Toughest ticket you'll ever wish for in sporting history!! Indeed, only the invisible sumo ghosts & Gods in attendance today. Because no one's allowed to attend. Due to Covid19, they're playing out the matches on TV, with nary a soul in attendance. Missus & I at home watching on the tele. Man, this is a strange scenario. We're talking about a sport of religious & cultural significance, with roots like a first dated match of 640AD! It's such a wonderful live exp, that I've enjoyed twice in recent yrs. Hopefully this damned virus dies out, & we can all go back to a relatively normal day to day. Sad feeling, but admire the authorities/wrestlers in their determined effort to still see the tourney through. Hope this doesn't happen in hockey. But I trust the athletes to play out the season(hard), even if it's simply for cameras in empty arenas. Peace & health to all Unfortunately, I think this will be inevitable for our sporting events over here as well, Nux. Pretty sad but I guess all necessary precautions need to be in place to restrict the spread of this miserable virus. Be safe my friend. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chon derry Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 you've gotta kick at the darkness until it bleeds daylight...….Bruce Cockburn. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richado Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 Hey dude I'm in Tokyo and moving to Fukuoka next month. Nice to see another expat in Japan on here 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 6 hours ago, Nuxfanabroad said: @Ghostsof1915 Ha, that's awesome Ghosts. Would you believe I've still never seen that particular Bond flick?! Have you seen "The Yakuza" with Robert Mitchum & Takakura Ken? Highly acclaimed, directed by Sydney Pollack. If you haven't, strongly recommended. There's a youtube interview w/Pollack, just looked it up, entitled: The Yakuza 1974 Promises To Keep . Only about 20 mins Watched it a yr or two back..was pretty cool. & I hope some day you attend a Basho w/lovely Akiko-san too! It's one of my favourite Bond movies because of: - Toyota 2000 GT. - Akiko Wakabayashi - Mie Hama Interesting side note. Tsai Chin who plays the girl in Hong Kong, was also in Casino Royale 2006 as the poker player against LeChiffre, when she was much older. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancaster Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 Was hoping to go back to Osaka to visit my wife's side of the family and maybe even take a bit of the Olympics in Tokyo too..... not sure if we will going to Japan this year anymore. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollumpus Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 On 3/7/2020 at 10:38 PM, Nuxfanabroad said: Here we are in Osaka, & it's time for the annual Sumo Basho. Toughest ticket you'll ever wish for in sporting history!! Indeed, only the invisible sumo ghosts & Gods in attendance today. Because no one's allowed to attend. Due to Covid19, they're playing out the matches on TV, with nary a soul in attendance. Missus & I at home watching on the tele. Man, this is a strange scenario. We're talking about a sport of religious & cultural significance, with roots like a first dated match of 640AD! It's such a wonderful live exp, that I've enjoyed twice in recent yrs. Hopefully this damned virus dies out, & we can all go back to a relatively normal day to day. Sad feeling, but admire the authorities/wrestlers in their determined effort to still see the tourney through. Hope this doesn't happen in hockey. But I trust the athletes to play out the season(hard), even if it's simply for cameras in empty arenas. Peace & health to all Holy smokes, how did I miss this post when it first came out? I'm just starting to catch up on the March Basho of this year after missing the last few/several due to reasons... There's a noticeable difference in the participants (as far as being up or demoted). And yes, watchin it without the crowd looks and sounds weird. Have to admit that my favourite sumo is/was Chiyonofuji (Mitsugu Akimoto, sadly now deceased). Take care over there. regards, G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuxfanabroad Posted July 18, 2021 Author Share Posted July 18, 2021 SUMO UPDATE! :^) Missus & I just lazin' at home, late Sun aft, & we turned on some TV Sumo. The July tourney, which is always held in nearby Nagoya. Today was day 15, last day of tourney. It was quite exceptional, as the last two fighters had perfect 14-0 records, thus were fighting for the whole enchilada. This hadn't occurred for 9 yrs, apparently. Lo & behold, famous, 36 yo Yokozuna(highest ranking), Hakuho won his 45th(!!!) ever Emperor's Cup. The record had been 32, which he completely smashed yrs back. The battle-hardened Mongolian had taken a yr & a half off, having been through recent knee surgery. Darn impressive. Lastly, the arena was only about half-full, as things aren't back to normal quite yet. But was a pleasure to see fans again in the stands. Peace from Osaka... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeanSeanBean Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 I got strangely into sumo after working closely with a sumo athlete a few years back. Incredible sport really. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopshodan Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 1 hour ago, shayster007 said: I got strangely into sumo after working closely with a sumo athlete a few years back. Incredible sport really. Brutal sport in regards to training and diet, which makes their life expectancy 20 years shorter than the avg Japanese male. Tough stuff for these large fellas. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilunga Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 On 3/8/2020 at 9:30 PM, Nuxfanabroad said: @Ghostsof1915 Ha, that's awesome Ghosts. Would you believe I've still never seen that particular Bond flick?! Have you seen "The Yakuza" with Robert Mitchum & Takakura Ken? Highly acclaimed, directed by Sydney Pollack. If you haven't, strongly recommended. There's a youtube interview w/Pollack, just looked it up, entitled: The Yakuza 1974 Promises To Keep . Only about 20 mins Watched it a yr or two back..was pretty cool. & I hope some day you attend a Basho w/lovely Akiko-san too! The Yakuza starring Robert Mitcham is an awesome movie. After watching that movie my friends and I started to "sleeve up" instead of getting individual tattoos. Plates from our chests and back would merge with our arms. We had never seen tattooing like that before we saw that movie. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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