[sumo] Jungyo and Koen

[Lon Howard]

On Feb 10, 2008, at 9:45 PM, Dale Carlson wrote:

> At 12:40 PM 2/11/2008 +0900, Doreen Simmons wrote:
>> That is an oversimplification. Tough negotiating is carried out, and
>> probably each koen is different. The country being visited has to  
>> make
>> certain arrangements and is expected to provide venues and the  
>> like, as
>> well as helping with the organizing, but it is Japan that commonly
>> shoulders much of the burden of sending the tour group. In the  
>> case of
>> a jungyo, it is the Kyokai that requires guarantees from local
>> promoters.
>
> So what was the event in Vancouver 10 (!!) years ago? Did the  
> government
> of Canada subsidize it? They printed plenty of postage stamps  
> commemorating
> the event. And every day I wear a nice baseball cap embroidered  
> with a couple
> of rikishi in combat and "Sumo Canada _Basho_" above them :) The  
> few times
> it's come up, I've tried to explain that it was actually a koen, and
> certainly not
> a basho...

Here's a link to one of the pages advertising the Vancouver event.   
The kanji on the little  sign on the bottom on the bottom right  
clearly says 'koen.'  I was there and still have the same cap.  I  
guess it could say 'Sumo Canada Basho' whether it was a jungyo or a  
koen.  Thanks again to Doreen - I think I understand it a little  
better...

http://www.magma.ca/~sumo/bashcont.htm

- Shomishuu