[sumo] How to watch asageiko ?

["Thierry PERRAN" <thierry.perran@club-internet.fr>]

Hi Doreen,

> At 10:56 AM +0200 8/9/03, Thierry PERRAN wrote:
> >As I will be in Japan for 2 weeks at the end of the month (enough to see
at
> >least day 1 !), I am wondering if there is any free sumo exibition in
> >Kokugikan before the coming Aki basho. In other word, the question is :
Is
> >there a yokozuna soken keiko session before all the basho performed in
Tokyo
>
> As nobody's taken this one up, I'll answer:
>
> The public soken is only before the May basho. To see the soken before the
> January or September basho, you need very good connections.

As I get no connection at all, I won't see the next soken before this coming
Aki basho. However, I surely want to see some asageiko during my trip in
Tokyo. I guess I have to phone ahead (in japanese) to be sure the stable
will be open to visitors the day I want to visit. But what do people usually
do in asageiko ? Is  there a perfect time to get in without disturbing
rikishi ? Should I bring something like a present with me in order not to
offend people ?

One last question : Since the merging of Wakamatsu-beya and Takasago-beya,
is the "new" Takasago-beya is around Asakusa subway station (former
Takasago-beya place) or around Ryogoku station (former Wakamatsu-beya place)
or somewhere else ?

Thanks a lot in advance,
Thierry

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