Last night the Nagoya Sumo Basho started. Every day now for the next 15 days Mom will be glued to the TV (3-6 pm). It's fun to watch, and nice to see her get so into it. Her favorite is Kisenosato, a Japanese Ozeki rank (2nd highest rank). Japan has not had a native-born Yokozuna (highest rank) since 2003. There are only two Yokozuna currently, both from Mongolia. Mom has high hopes that Kisenosato will rise in rank soon; the video below is his first match from last night. The entire crowd and country hopes he wins too, it seems.
By chance, late last night I couldn't sleep and caught the live broadcast of Wimbledon (Men's Singles final). There was that same national spirit vibe, it's been so long since Great Britain had a winner. Four or five games into my viewing I realized that the station was not breaking for commercials (Channel NHK1). What a nice change from the American networks!
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Sumo and tennis. :)
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