Sumo developments

I was in Ryogoku, the place of the main sumo stadium in Tokyo, on Friday, and I was surprised how few souvenirs were for sale there. I would have liked to pick up something nice for friends, but really, the area seriously lacks in development. With the Edo museum next door, you would imagine that savvy business entrepreneurs would flock to try to sell sumo posters (with the cool caligraphy), calenders and so on, but there was almost nothing except strange cakes, tacky beer mugs and a few "wood-block print" style items.

Anyway, sumo is really great to watch! Mongolian Asashoryu won again, after a great come-back this weekend, and finally beating Bulgarian Kotooshu, who is 204 cm tall and had a slim (pun obviously intended) chance at becoming the first European champion this time.

Please check Mari's blog for details and links to photos of foreign sumo wrestlers, who she claims have made sumo "hot" in Japan right now. Go figure!

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