[sumo] Tochiazuma dampatsu (later)

[Dale Carlson]

At 04:03 PM 2/3/2008 +0900, Doreen Simmons wrote:

>But, looking on the bright side, how fortunate Tochiazuma was on the 
>day -- if the weather had been a day later he would have been snowed 
>out -- and al those busloads of fans might not have got there in time! 
>Unusually for a dampatsu-shikui he really did have a close-to sell-out.

There was an extended news feature on this on NHK today. The place
did look pretty full, and the ceremony did look to be warm and sharing,
yet not too weepy. I'm looking forward to reading your account once you've
had some rest.

But I have to say, half the people there probably thought it was Ichinoya's 
danpatsu instead... :)

Dale