<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">Greetings, Sumo fans,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">Today's English in the introductory plaque to the current small Sumo Museum (which is free) featured the following English. Looks like the progeny of the mucky-muck of the Museum who barely passed the high school English classes is back...to my delight:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"> Ozumo tournament</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">~From an beginning to the end~</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">Ozumo tournament is helding 6 times a year at</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">4 cities, Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya and Fukuoka.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"> Since the ranking is promoted by the victory</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">of the tournament, a passionate battle is</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">presented in the sumo ring. Every tournament has <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">different ranking system, but from the beginning</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">to the end is the same consistent procedure.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"> This time, we will be looking back at each</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">scene from the beginning to the end of the</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">tournaments, along with the introduction of each</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">items used especially for ozumo.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">February, 2020 Nihon Sumo Kyhokai SUMO MUSEUM<br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:garamond,serif"></span></font><i><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Garamond"><br></span></i></div><div dir="ltr"><i><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Garamond">Patricia Yarrow </span></i>
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