[sumo] Smoking at the KKan

[Moti <sumo@dichne.com>]

The smoking problem that was discussed a while ago has resurfaced within 
the Kyokai at its Rijikai meeting a few days ago. Smoking is currently 
prohibited around the dohyo and in the nose bleed seats, but is allowed 
in the masu seats, where you sit in a box amidst food and drink and put 
your feet up (if you're small enough, since  4 people are supposed to 
fit in one of these..) and light up, if that's your choice. Lately, fans 
,citizen groups and people within the Kyokai have been complaining about 
this, and are pushing to limit smoking to special enclosed areas 
(Nicoterias, as I call them..) . The new "system" may be tried out as 
early as Nagoya. "Nothing concrete has been decided yet. We will discuss 
the whole "smoking" situation with the NSK, and at the same time, we 
will have to listen to what the fans say as well", said  the Senior 
Executive Manager of the sports section at Chunichi Shinbun, one of the 
co-sponsors of the Nagoya Basho.
--
Kintamayama Mochiron

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