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traditional and interesting phenomena of the Japanese culture. The wrestlers... well, some of them are friendlier than others, but I’ll always have all the pictures I took of the rikishi while they entered the Kokugikan. And, of course, photos that I have next to the sumotori, presently active or retired, like ozeki Kaio, former yokozuna Musashimaru, Toki, Kitazakura and even some others who are lower-ranked like Minaminoshima, Gagamaru, Tochinoshin, Kainowaka and Kaisei. Maybe a lot of people think that 15 days watching sumo could be excessive, but I can assure everyone that it absolutely is not. I must say that the time flies very quickly, and all of a sudden you realize that you are already watching senshuraku bouts and saying good bye to all the feelings of the magic of sumo for the first time in your life. Even one of my friends told me that he had some envy because he would like to feel, |
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once
again, all of the sensations you feel the first time that you travel to
Japan to watch sumo. Yes, it could be true that all those sensations
are unique and they never return, but I am sure that the next time that
I go to Japan to see a bout I’ll have some other special feelings, and
I’ll be again sitting in front of the dohyo watching bout after bout. Maybe someone who has been |
reading
this article until the end does not know very clearly what these
sensations are that I’m talking about, but I can assure all of you that
if somebody decides to travel to Japan to see a tournament live, he
will experience the same as I did. And this is because sumo is not just
a sport, it is much more than that. And it’s necessary to live it live
to be able to feel it.
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