Saturday, December 29, 2012

An Australian Couple

Photo: I guided an Australian couple to the Oguruma-beya sumo stable. It was the last day for the members to train in 2012 and the TV camera filmed them. A Komusubi ranking wrester, Syohozan, also joined the training from a different stable. All the wrestlers were training very hard as usual but the last part, matches between three Makuuchi wrestlers, the high ranking wrestlers, was so exciting. I was also moved by the stable master, the former Oozeki Kotokaze. He was in a hospital due to his neck injury. He was said to have miraculously recovered and today, he entered the training room by himself in the middle of the training and advised his wrestlers while rehabilitating himself using some tools. After the practice, three Sekitori wrestlers allowed me to take their pictures with my guests. Thank you very much for all Oguruma-beya members and thank you for Kotokaze! He showed us his unconquerable spirit and gave me encouragement.
I guided an Australian couple to the Oguruma-beya sumo stable. It was the last day for the members to train in 2012 and the TV camera filmed them. A Komusubi ranking wrester, Syohozan, also joined the training from a different stable. All t...he wrestlers were training very hard as usual but the last part, matches between three Makuuchi wrestlers, the high ranking wrestlers, was so exciting. I was also moved by the stable master, the former Oozeki Kotokaze. He was in a hospital due to his neck injury. He was said to have miraculously recovered and today, he entered the training room by himself in the middle of the training and advised his wrestlers while rehabilitating himself using some tools. After the practice, three Sekitori wrestlers allowed me to take their pictures with my guests. Thank you very much for all Oguruma-beya members and thank you for Kotokaze! He showed us his unconquerable spirit and gave me encouragement.See More

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

An Australian Mother

An Australian mother with four children visited my house to learn how to make three types of sushi. She is so good at cooking that she succeeded in making a perfect shaped roll sushi in the traditional way, using a bamboo mat, on her second try. She told me that she would surprise her friends by making delicious sushi at her party.

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

A Couple from Tahiti

A nice couple from Tahiti enjoyed making sushi in my home. They arrived at Narita yesterday and seemed to be surprised at how busy Tokyo is. A French speaking guide showed them how to cut raw tuna, salmon and scallops with a sharp knife and they observed her carefully.

Let's smile and take pictures before eating the fruits of great effort! Although I couldn't speak directly with them in French, I could communicate with them well thanks to the excellent French speaking guide, M-San. They enjoyed their first tasting of a Japanese persimmon as a dessert. I hope they will have a lot of good memories of Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto, where they will visit in two weeks.

Saturday, October 20, 2012

The Malaysian TV Crew

Photo: The Malaysian TV crew visited my house and I explained the beauty of kimonos and how to fold them. They also asked me why I love kimonos. Japanese kimonos represent Japanese beauty and high skills of Japanese craftsmen. They improved their weaving and dying techniques to depict the natural beauty of Japan's four seasons on them.  After I started to learn how to put on kimonos at a kimono school, I realized we should succeed our traditional folk clothes. Japanese girls still love and wear kimonos for several special occasions such as Coming-of-Age Day and Wedding Ceremonies. I believe Japanese people continue to love kimonos.
The Malaysian TV crew visited my house and I explained the beauty of kimonos and how to fold them. They also asked me why I love kimonos. Japanese kimonos represent Japanese beauty and high skills of Japanese craftsmen. They improved their ...weaving and dying techniques to depict the natural beauty of Japan's four seasons on them. After I started to learn how to put on kimonos at a kimono school, I realized we should succeed our traditional folk clothes. Japanese girls still love and wear kimonos for several special occasions such as Coming-of-Age Day and Wedding Ceremonies. I believe Japanese people continue to love kimonos.See More

Saturday, August 18, 2012

Oguruma-Beya

 I guided three French tourists to Oguruma-Beya sumo stable. The sumo wrestlers were training very hard under their coach.At the end of the training all of the wrestlers did sumo-style leg stomps, walked around the ring in a half-sitting posture, and did stretching exercises together.

Monday, August 6, 2012

Hakkaku-Beya

We guided a Spanish couple to the sumo-stable.
We were very lucky in several points. Our guests were courteous and they never broke the rules for watching the morning training. The observers were only us. The wrestlers of Hakkaku-beya were also training hard until 10:45. Even a shower which suddenly started to fall slackened off at the time it ended. I realized that iced towels are necessary durin...g summer. Of course, there is no air conditioning in the Sumo training room. Even for me, it was a little bit unbearable but our guests didn't complain at all. Wrestlers were fighting in such hard conditions. Their bodies were soaked in sweat and they completed all of the training menus including stretching at 10:45. After that, they allowed us to take pictures with some wrestlers. Our guests were talking about how excited they were on the way to the station, the last destination.See More
— at Hakkaku-beya Sumo Stable.