SUMO!!!!!

yeah, this is going to be the best post yet...well not really but its really good. so on the 22nd of march we went to the Osaka grand sumo tournament. It was kick ass times 2000%. we got there for 10 am and were stocked with ammo. We bought super bento boxes from sun kus, a big water, desserts from the bakery, and some japanese deli specialities. We were set!
Ammi, shiv would like you to know that he bought a deli pack of about 20 little fish, whole fishes ( with the eyes still in). They were battered just like achi ammi used to make them, and he wanted you to know that he ate them.

Background: shivs grandma used to make deep fried fishes for breakfast when he was a kid and he wouldn't eat them cause they grossed him out. But now he eats fish and he wanted his mama to know that!

PS. i cooked fish in our fish griller. mum you should be proud. Omega 3 for life!

So back to sumo, when we got there it was just me and shiv, and the place was pretty sparse, so we ate some food and sat back and watched the amatuer sumo. It was great, some sumos we super small and pitted up against sumos that were double their size, it was amazing. Sumo wrestlers are big time celebs here in japan and people scream at them like its brad pitt or something.

Later on in the day the rest of the nova posse rolled in and the stadium was still not packed so we were able to go down to the lower levels and sit right up in the money seats and see the fight up close.
highlights of the day were
1) seeing that famous white guy sumo
2) seeing all the sumo boys come out in their traditional garb. (each outfit costs thousands of dollars and are hand made and embroidered with their localities picture from raw silk.
3) seeing this really big sumo put his leg up and over his head
4) seeing the yokozuma in real life ( hes on Tv alot) so its like seeing a movie star!
5)shivs favorite moment was when a security guard said "sir you cannot stand here taking photos, you will have to move to the front if you want to take photos". (OK!!)

great day hope you enjoy the photos. luv jan and shiv!