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A Sumo Trial

We were lucky that there was a grading trial open to the public at 7am this morning
SUMO AND SIGHTSEEING

April 29th 2012
CHRIS We got up early to see the sumo wrestlers and they were huge. Afterwards we saw some statutes of the champions and underneath the statutes were hand prints that were three times the size of Sam A's hands. We went to a musuem, the escalators went on forever. The dinner that night was the best dinner I have ever had. It was like a banquet of Japanese food. MATTHEW On Sunday ... read more
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9th May 2012

Rebecca
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Goodness they are very big aren't they. Did they make lots of noise?
9th May 2012

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Their HUGE!
Yes there was a lot of grunting and yelling nd possible a few bad Japanese words.

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