Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! That’s right kids, lessons are back! Today we start you off with one that has been requested by many - sumo! In today’s Japanese Culture Class, we bring you a special guest, Bob, who is an expert on the subject. Well, he really really likes it, anyways! Tune in to hear all about this fun sport, and then stop by JapanesePod101.com to leave us a post, and be sure to check out the new blog site!
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11 Responses to “Japanese Culture Class #40 - Sumo”
JapanesePod101.com says:
February 24th, 2007 at 6:30 pm
Mina-san,
Thank you once again for your patience and understanding. We hope all of you had a great week with plenty of study time! 
Yoroshiku onegai shimasu!
Jack says:
February 24th, 2007 at 7:04 pm
thanks!! I’ll be going to the Nagoya tournament in July, and this was very helpful.
Carlo says:
February 24th, 2007 at 11:42 pm
Welcome back JP101 team, I was longing for your return!
カルロ 
アニタ ビヤヌエバ says:
February 25th, 2007 at 2:31 am
お帰りなさい！
yay, the lessons are back! perfect timing, as i’ve just gotten caught up on all the old lessons! 
looking forward to hearing a new lesson!
thanks JPod101 for all the great work!!
アニタ
Marshdrifter says:
February 25th, 2007 at 3:38 am
I have to go with a quote from Warren Ellis’ Transmetropolitan:
“Sumo is the most perfect of sports. It has elegance, ceremony, danger, art, speed, and, most important, two fat bastards smacking the **** out of each other. It is immaculate, which is why it has remained essentially unchanged for thousands of years. It remains the only thing in the world that I want to stay static. The only thing I love that loves me back.” (Transmetropolitan Oct 1999, No. 26 Pg 17 — censorship, mine)
Sindy says:
February 25th, 2007 at 8:24 am
Welcome back aboard JP101 Crew!
Your Welcome JP101 I got them (Listeners) enternaint for a week in Miki’s Blog! 
I like Sumos and this was very interest Thank You! 
S_R_C
Troy says:
February 26th, 2007 at 11:25 am
Your sumo expert is out to lunch on some of the stuff he says. Kotooshu isn’t even close to 7′. 
Try like 6′6″.
http://sumo.goo.ne.jp/eng/ozumo_meikan/rikishi_joho/rikishi.php?A=2510
Bob says:
March 1st, 2007 at 12:11 am
Troy. Good point there. That’s what happens when you leave an American like me to try and convert from the metric system. Cheers!
Keith says:
March 10th, 2007 at 6:02 am
Bob, great job with the podcast. I hope we have you back soon.
Juanito says:
June 10th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
I just went to my first sumo match yesterday!!!
one of the best experiences of my life !!
hooray!http://www.japanesepod101.com/wp-images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif
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Topic: culture, sports, sumo
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