[sumo] Day 11 Aki basho

[Jim Bitgood <jimbit1@starpower.net>]

I know it's a little late to be talking about Day 11, but I've busy since I 
got back from my trip to Japan.
I made it to day 11 and had a great time. As I've seen reported before, I 
bought a (relatively) chaep ticket and sat in the lower level expensive 
seats. I bought a Y3600 C Isu, and spent the day in a C Masu, with all 4 
cushions all to myself. Attendance was way down in the middle of the week. 
I sat about 4 masu to the right of the center TV camera, just in front of a 
broadcast control booth.  I had practically the same view at everyone 
watching TV had. And if you were watching on that day and heard a couple 
loud "Chiyotaikai" yells, that was me. I may have been a little too loud 
for the folks in front of me, but I think they enjoyed it more than they 
were annoyed by it. He won that day, so I had a great time.  I heartily 
recommend getting there early. And this time they gave me a program in 
Japanese. Last time (Jan 2000), they gave me a program in English that 
listed only the Juryo and Makuuchi matches. The Japanese program covered 
the entire day, but it took me a few matches to find where I was in the 
schedule. But that was fun too.
The only downer was that I didn't see the guy with the fan during the 
Yokozuna Dohyo-Iri.

     Jim
   "Chitose-Taikai"
      


[EndPost by Jim Bitgood <jimbit1@starpower.net>]