On Wednesday, Ayako and I took a trip to watch day 11 of the Nagoya sumo tournament. We joined some teachers from Aichi University. This is the same tournament we went to two years ago and you can see what happened
here. Here we are at the entrance to the Nagoya gymnasium with the display of all the trophies the winner will take home (about 30 in total):
We weren't in the box seats this time but in the cheap seats at the top of the gymnasium. Here's Ayako with some of the teachers that joined us:
You would think that it would be really hot at the top of the gymnasium in the middle of summer, but you'd be wrong. The people near the sumo action were all using fans to cool themselves down, but since we had the air conditioning blowing right on us, we were quite cold. There was even a souvenir vendor who would come by and was selling towels to keep you warm:
I was able to get to the lower level to take a picture of the sumo wrestlers during their entrance ceremony:
Here is a shot of Asashoryu (one of the grand champions) doing his special entrance ceremony:
The last bout of the day was between the other grand champion, Hakuho, and the local boy from Nagoya, Kotomitsuki. It was exciting to watch and since the champion was defeated, everybody threw their zabuton cushions to celebrate.
We weren't in the box seats this time but in the cheap seats at the top of the gymnasium. Here's Ayako with some of the teachers that joined us:
You would think that it would be really hot at the top of the gymnasium in the middle of summer, but you'd be wrong. The people near the sumo action were all using fans to cool themselves down, but since we had the air conditioning blowing right on us, we were quite cold. There was even a souvenir vendor who would come by and was selling towels to keep you warm:
I was able to get to the lower level to take a picture of the sumo wrestlers during their entrance ceremony:
Here is a shot of Asashoryu (one of the grand champions) doing his special entrance ceremony:
The last bout of the day was between the other grand champion, Hakuho, and the local boy from Nagoya, Kotomitsuki. It was exciting to watch and since the champion was defeated, everybody threw their zabuton cushions to celebrate.
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