[sumo] Re: [commentary] crowd exuberance (was Sumo and Soccer)

[Pete <peter@my.email.ne.jp>]

on 10/8/04 13:58, Super-User at root@sun01pt2-1523.statgen.ncsu.edu wrote:

> From: Mark Wige <amocat@thewiredcity.net>
> Subject: Re: [sumo] Sumo and Soccer
> 
> Two words: drunken hooligans
> 
> Which compels me to ask, never having attended a basho: How much of an
> effect does alcohol contribute to the overall "exuberance" of the
> spectators during a typical day of a basho?  Is there a particular venue
> that may have reputation for some fortified rowdiness??

Not precluding other basho venues, but both personally ;-) and collectively
can vouch that the Osaka basho definitely has a fair amount of fortified
exuberance.

Add to that the smaller venue size (compared to the Kokugikan at least) and
the native Osakan outgoing personality, and from a crowd liveliness aspect
Osaka is definitely my favourite basho venue.

Cheers, Pete.

[EndPost by Pete <peter@my.email.ne.jp>]