large fatty men in giant g's

i went to sumo!!! this was definately on my list of things to do in japan... and the may tournament is in town (well, in tokyo anyways) so i dragged nolan and tamao along for the ride. it was the first live sumo experience for all of us so you can imagine our excitement. i was told we could take in our own drinks but when we arrived at the stadium it wasn't so. darn it, i had bought 3 chu-hai's at the conbini. we decided to hang around outside the stadium for a bit (to drink the chu-hai's) which was actually quite fun as lots of people were waiting on the street to cheer at the sumo wrestlers as they walked by. tamao-chan and i got our photos taken with a couple of sumo's!!! how exciting! some were a bit grumpy though and totally ignored our shouts of "ganbatte!" i suppose they were trying to psych themselves up for the big fight. the fights aren't very big though - each one only lasts a few seconds. my kind of sport! actually, i wish i'd been placing bets as i seemed to have a knack for picking the winner! the stadium is a specially built sumo stadium and it looks so crazy inside with the tiny ring in the centre and a little roof hovering above it in mid air. i loved all the leg-cocking, soooo funny. kotooshi is the top-dog wrestler at the moment (he's bulgarian - none of the top 3 are japanese) and i didn't expect to see him so early in the tournament but he was there!! and he got wastified too!!! of course it was all over in a blink of an eye. we arrived at about 2 o'clock and it finished at about 6 - i have no idea where the time went. (wierd for me to enjoy sport so much - must be the nearly naked fat men)!

oh, and we have tadpoles! nolan discovered them yesterday in the little pond in our backyard. there are maybe over 100 of the little fellas - far too many to name. but i'll check on them every day to make sure they're doing ok out there and that no nasty strays are eating them. soon our backyard will be hopping with froggies!! i love frogs.

*yawn* - it's late.
check out the sumo photos!!! what a day :) xx

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