Re: Question about old news: the San Jose basho

[osumo3@native.usc.edu (Luigi Manna)]

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|Date: Fri, 14 Jan 94 09:39:27 EST
|From: "Adam Messer"  <amesser@zookeeper.zoo.uga.edu>
|Subject: Re: Question about old news: the San Jose basho
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|The San Jose basho sounds more like hanasumo, the exhibition matches put on 
|between the basho in smaller venues in Japan.  I saw two of these, in 
|Shizuoka-ken.  The sumotori seemed pretty serious to me, and hey, we were right 
|there by the ring.  We got a chance to talk with Hoshiandes and a couple of the 
|newer Hawai'ians, and came up with a memorable shot of my girlfriend seated next
|to Konishiki.  
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|With much less riding on the exhibition matches (no one is passing out envelopes
|to the winners of these bouts), it's not surprising that the rikishi don't put 
|themselves out as much.  But that shouldn't diminish one's enjoyment.  Getting 
|into one of the basho is little more than fantasy for most people; hanasumo is a
|good substitute.
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|Adam Messer, Univ. of Georgia, Dept. of Entomology, Athens, GA 30602 USA
|amesser@zookeeper.zoo.uga.edu  Voice +706-542-8063, FAX +706-542-2279
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