I share your disappointment about not being able to catch Sumo Digest during the basho. |
The goal in each basho is to obtain kachi-koshi, a winning record. |
Watsuji's emptiness is more a recognition of underlying relatedness, and manifests as a place, a basho, that is the dynamic and creative origination of all relationships and all networks of interactions. |
Japanese people have always loved sumo, but now when you go to a basho there are empty seats in the stadium. |
Drama queen Basho, however, made the mistake of trying to overegg the pudding. |
In an unprecedented move, sumo's governing body cancelled the spring basho, a 15-day tournament that was to begin on March 13th. |