[sumo] Waning popularity was Re: [sumo] Re: Aki Basho Day 11

[John McTague <tableslam17@yahoo.com>]

While I was out getting a yutaka of Unagi at my
favorite sushi place, I took a quick poll of the
employees. Of the 14 Japanese-Americans there, NONE of
them cared about or even heard about sumo. One of the
chefs is, however a big Red Sox fan (NOMAAAAHHHH!).

FWIW,

Unagiyutaka

--- Jen McGee <jmcgee@asu.aasa.ac.jp> wrote:
> Indeed.  I work at a mostly women's college in
> Nagoya, so my sample is 
> perhaps unrepresentative, but I've learned the
> quickest way to get 
> labeled quite a bit odd is to admit to liking sumo
> (hysterical giggles 
> being the most common response).  Part of that is
> the pervasive belief 
> that foreigners are simply unable to "get" certain
> aspects of Japanese 
> society like sumo, but part of it is also that it's
> seen as (I get the 
> impression) an old man's sport.  The kids are all
> into soccer and 
> baseball right now, it seems.
> 
> Jen McGee
> 
> 
> [EndPost by Jen McGee <jmcgee@asu.aasa.ac.jp>]


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