Thursday, May 13, 2010

SUMO Time

Yea so I went to see a sumo match the other day. Which was really cool, and also very long. The matches start at 8:00 am and go on until about 6:30 pm. They say that sumo is dyeing out here in Japan, that it's not as popular with the young crowd. Come to think of it, there were a lot of old people there. Some of those guys are just big fat guys, but most are 90% muscle and about 10% fat. Really scary.

Tokyo is not really not that hard to navigate. If you can figure out the subway system then you should be able to get anywhere you need to go in about 30 minutes. All the subways are color coded which make it easy to get around. I thought it would be really scary, but I got it in about 2 days. So I feel like I'm almost a local. Now for some pictures and facts.



1) The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
2) The world's largest amphibian is the giant salamander. It can grow up to 5 ft. in length.
Cheers
Derek

2 comments:

  1. Big men in thongs...OMG. Sound pretty cool but I don't think I could watch for 9 hours. Are you on the way to Mt. Fuji? Looking forward to the next blog. Love the pictures.

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  2. Hey Derek! Dont know why my computer wouldnt let me email you so i hope you see this comment where ever its being posted. Im not a girl that you met in one of your travels and cant remember, im a girl that lives in Raleigh and would love to meet up and talk about your trips specially your AT hike :) please dont think Im a psycho. I randomly met your mum and randomly we started talking about traveling. I plan to do do the AT soon, unfortunately i have a skateboarding injury that i need to get over first (broken leg :( ) Anyway, when you get back it would be awesome to talk to you. my email: ilagm1@hotmail.com ah! my name is Natalia y the way. :)

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