[sumo] Asashoryu as business man

[Scott M. Kahn]

Getting back to the subject at hand... does this mean that Asa has  
given up on the possibility of becoming the Dai-yokozuna of artful  
flower arranging?

Sukubidubidu

Quoting Doreen Simmons <JZ8D-SMMN at asahi-net.or.jp>:

> Thanks for this, Barbara. Nothing new, but it's nice that the   
> outside world is getting the message.
> My own bet for upcoming President is Kyokushuzan, who didn't get   
> nearly as high in sumo, but had a head start,
> and started ploughing back his money into charities etc. much earlier.
>  In Nagoya at the ticket gate I mentioned my thought and Oshima   
> oyakata gave me a nice little nod and a smile.
> ("You may be right" was how I interpreted it.)  I love them both.
>
>
> But I may be out of date. It is exactly six years since the end of   
> my third trip to Mongolia with three different Habitat for Humanity   
> teams.
> At that time, the number two man in the Japanese embassy in Ulaan   
> Baatar was a great expert on all things Mongolian, Shimizu Takenori.
> On each of my visits he spared a day (or half a day) to drive me   
> around to see the real life in Mongolia. This included trips to   
> distant gers
> where I manfully drank deep of fermented milk. "This may be   
> dangerous for foreigners" he said,
> to which I could only reply, "In all my life I have many times been   
> offered things in hospitality,
> and I have never suffered ill."  He duly interpreted this and   
> everybody relaxed.
>
> As of last week this remarkable man has been designated Japan's next  
>  ambassador to Mongolia.
> I am just hoping that I can invite him to lunch before he goes.
>
> Doreen
>
>
>
>> A short CNN clip about Dorj's plans. For those who are not aware,
>> the "circus" is not Barnum Bailey - it's a sports and
>> entertainment arena.
>>
>> http://www.cnn.com/2011/BUSINESS/08/30/sumo.mongolia/
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