Re: more about women's sumo

[Masumi <abe@accesscom.com>]

Rachel:

I'm in California and I saw you on NHK news.
You looked great and your Japanese was impressive, as well as your sumo.

The news was very well done and it showed extra sands in the ring and extra
padding around Dohyo to protect the female's delicate bodies. At least
that's what the organizers said.

Well done.

-Masumi


on 03.5.18 1:39 AM, Rachel Mason at rachelida@yahoo.com wrote:

> A few people had asked me to report the results of
> last week's Women's Sumo Tournament in Fukushima-cho,
> Hokkaido.  The event was fantastic.  About 60 women
> participated, from all over Japan.  This year's
> champion was from Okayama-ken, and she beat last
> year's winner in an exciting (but somewhat sneaky)
> final bout.  I was the only foreign "rikishi" this
> year; I won my first two bouts and lost in the third
> round after a respectable struggle.  I'm hooked!  For
> my efforts I received a case of canned coffee, lots of
> dry squid (Fukushima's main product other than
> yokozuna), konbu, hand soap, and 10,000 yen.
> 
> The story appeared in several Hokkaido and Hakodate
> newspapers and was apparently also featured on NHK
> news sometime earlier this week (including, I'm told,
> one of my bouts), but I didn't see it.
> 
> :) Rachel
> 
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