Re: [sumo] Smoking and Sumo

[Doreen Simmons <jz8d-smmn@asahi-net.or.jp>]

At 7:00 PM +0300 04.6.3, Moti wrote:
> Regarding the Kkan, since it is run by the NSK, they have decided to 
> "further examine this issue before making a decision".

The balcony seats have always been non-smoking in the modern Kokugikan, 
though I assumed that it was to keep the place nice and avoid burns on the 
floor and seats.

> The  owners of the hall in Osaka  have been issuing oral requests in 
> recent years as well.


But in Osaka they put buckets with a little water in them at each the end 
of the rows of chair seats -- sometimes right under the "No smoking" signs. 
:-(


But to return to the original complaint from the gentleman with asthma:  I 
am pretty sure I told him in a private mail that smoking was allowed 
downstairs in the Kokugikan but banned in the upstairs seats, so I don't 
understand how he got surrounded by smokers -- unless he disregarded this 
information.

Just wondering.


~Doreen Simmons
     <jz8d-smmn@asahi-net.or.jp>~
[EndPost by Doreen Simmons <jz8d-smmn@asahi-net.or.jp>]