[sumo] Wacky, inane 'twixed basho ramblings from K-jo (was: Kyushu Basho Ticket Questions)

[Joshua Maciel]

As a 187cm 93 kilo man living in Japan for several years, I am used to
having to duck, squeeze, and be cramped in my daily life. Doing it
while watching sumo for the last 1.5 hours of Makuuchi isn't that bad.
I've sat with two big foreigners and a regular-sized Japanese person
before with minimal problems, as most of the time someone is off
getting beer, watching rikishi come in, or sitting in the next masu
over because the people coming were late.

It probably has to do with your 'personal bubble' and how big it has
to be to be comfortable. I can stand standing in a rush hour train for
an hour and a half -- doing it while watching something enjoyable
almost seems too easy.

- Joshua Maciel

On 10/10/06, Jezz <jejima at gmail.com> wrote:
> I would say that although Westerners do tend to be a little larger (in
> girth especially) than their Japanese counterparts, one of the key
> things is the 'sitting.'
>
> Japanese generally sit cross-legged (or kneel) on the floor to eat
> etc.  Westerners don't do this nearly as much, so that when they do,
> their legs aren't used to it.  It only takes (for me at least!) about
> 30 minutes of sitting cross-legged (or 10 minutes kneeling) and the
> cramp starts to set in.  A full masuseki seating area does not allow
> you to stretch-out.  If there are only two people in it, you can :-)
>
> Jejima
>
> On 10/10/06, Kuramarujo <klemmerj at webtrek.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, 2006-10-09 at 20:14 +0000, ozora ozora wrote:
> I've met a number of Korean and Thai
> > people and did spend one glorious week in northern Thailand (where the
> > most often used phrase by everyone I met was, "Oh!  So big!").
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