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June 6, 2006

佐渡ヶ嶽部屋　in イスラエル　２日目

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画像は初日&２日目のものですが、レポは２日目のものです。

　１日目：琴奨菊、ご満悦。

　１日目：琴欧州とご両親

　２日目：力士集合

　２日目：嘆きの壁　琴光喜

　２日目：先代佐渡ヶ嶽親方

　琴欧州とらくだ？

＜２日目＞

Sorry for lagging with the stories, but things are really hectic here, tight schedules and little sleep. Yesterday, we went to Jerusalem-the whole Wailing Wall, Via Dolorosa, Christian holy sites, Mount Scopus routine. Everywhere they go, traffic stops. People just stare, and then rush up to them with their cell phones to get their pictures taken with them. Seeing Osh, Mickey and the lads wearing a yarmulka and sticking notes in the wall was a sight to behold...

Every one of the rikishi,(that's everyone...) is more than obliging and patiently gets photographed. It was very unnaturally hot in Jerusalem yesterday, where it's usually around a cool 22 degrees C at this time of the year. It was 32 yesterday.. but everyone braved the heat and did a lot of walking.

In the afternoon, I went with Kotomitsuki, Kotomisen and Kotoyutaka to the TV studios for a live interview on "Yatzpan", a Jay Leno/Letterman clone, who is very popular here. He is famous for being cynical and sarcastic and for making fun of his interview-ees (is that a word??). I had a great chance to chat with them, especially Mickey, while waiting for our turn. And yes, I told him about the "Guess the Kotomitsuki" game run by some Irish bloke. He seemed to be really flattered. I asked him to enter a guess. He did not say no..We shall see.

The interview started with Yatzpan cracking some "fatman' jokes, but they were quite tame. Then, Misen and Yutaka proceeded to show some keiko moves, in their mawashi, the first time a "real" mawashi was seen in Israel. I asked them to do the moves in a particular order, culminating, of course, with the ultimate show-stopper, matawari. The shiko was awesome. Yatzpan suddenly had a look of wonder on his face. Shikiri, Suri-ashi, and then matawari. At this point, the crowd went wild. From this point on, Yatzpan's tone of voice completely changed to one of awe and amazement, and he couldn't stop smiling till the end of the interview, and of course, no more "fatman" jokes.. Then he called everyone watching to come to the show and not miss this "amazing opportunity".

Afterwards, the guys were hungry, so we went to a really "in" restaurant bar where all the models and celebs hang out. When we arrived, no less than 4 different TV station crews were waiting,. Hey!! This is Sumo!! In Israel?? In two short days, the rikishi managed to cause quite an interest here. We ate some strange stuff, and the tired guys went home to sleep for a few hours- early wake up call- meeting with the President (going on as I type) in Jerusalem, from which I excused myself.

In a few hours, there will be a training session on the beach with kids, a tug-of -war, (rikishi against 40 kids), and general mayhem. I will be there and hope to get a few pictures. Pictures from yesterday will be posted soon.

＜要訳＞

この時期、２２度くらいのところ、昨日はなんと３２度！

琴光喜らとテレビ番組"Yatzpan"に出演。最初は「お相撲さん＝デブ」のジョーク扱いだったものの、稽古風景の映像が流れ、実際に四股、股割を披露すると、賞賛を集め、「お相撲さん＝デブ」のイメージを払拭したたの事。

途中立ち寄ったレストランでも、少なくとも４つのテレビ局が待っていて、たった２日で既に力士は話題になっているそうです。ビーチで「力士VS４０KIDS」も予定されているので、また報告してくださるとの事。

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