A Family from Iowa

They were well-educated children from Iowa. The two boys and their father were sitting on the floor without moving and watching the wrestlers carefully for two hours. I was surprised they understood everything, for example, who the stable m...aster was, what the coach advised the wrestlers, who was the strongest, and so on. After visiting the sumo stable, we visited the former Yasuda Garden, the Sumo Museum, and Eko-in Temple and we ate Chanko-nabe, the Sumo-wrestlers' staple food, at a restaurant together. I couldn't help hoping that their one-week trip to Tokyo would be wonderful when I said goodbye to them at Akihabara Station.

Four Boys from Chicago

Four boys from Chicago were very excited and well-behaved while they were watching the morning Sumo training. When the wrestlers started their final exercise, the coach suddenly called to the boys, "Hey, why don't you come here?" The surpri...sed boys entered the ring one after another and rushed against the wrestlers. Their parents cheered them on and they were busy taking a lot of pictures. Everybody looked so happy and enjoyed the brief contact together.