Sumo-sized Frustration
Accomplishing things can be incredibly difficult in Japan. Remittance? Only an hour-long ordeal at the Post Office. Even after several visits [and even accompanied by a Japanese person], the process never became easier.
Case in point: sumo. The Osaka Sumo Tournament is this month, and we really want to go. Julius also wants to go, so we have 3 people. But the super-cool box seats seat 4. Practical, we sought out a 4th person before buying the tickets. Such a mistake! See, advance tickets can be reserved by phone form Feb ?th to March 4th. And we missed the deadline. Now in order to buy tickets, we must go all the way to Osaka [3 some hours and over $50 rndtrp] and buy the tickets at the actual stadium. No other ticket venues. And the truly ridiculous part is that these stadium-sold tickets won't be sold until March 11th. There's a week where you can't buy tickets at all! Gah! Dude-- it's sumo! Y'know, the incredibly popular sport with only 4 tournaments a year? Seriously, this is not cool.
posted by Marlene n Aaron @ 2:55 PM
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6 tourneys a year kids. Don't sweat it though. Have you ever asked a Japanese person about sumo? I've met ONE who actually likes it and NONE who've ever been to the Basho. I'm sure you'll be able to score tix. Maybe not for the day you want, but honestly I wish we were going mid-tourney anyway. By the time day 14 rolls around, most everything is settled already, only a few matches of signifigance is the rankings. GOOD LUCK.
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