[sumo] Ozumo at the Royal Albert Hall 2023

[Jeffrey Anderson]

And I am so hoping this comes to pass. I already have tickets to the 2023
Rugby World Cup France slated for September/October. I would love a 3-day
sum stopover in London on the way back.

Gaijingai

On Mon, Dec 13, 2021 at 9:53 PM <sumorina at mac.com> wrote:

> Great news about the possibility of a return engagement at the Royal
> Albert Hall London.
>
> I wonder if the current Rijichio, Hakkaku Oyakata, is keen as he was the
> one who made the farewell speech from the dohyo at the Royal Albert Hall in
> 1991 when he was Yokozuna Hokutoumi, saying, “Thank you very much. See you
> again.”
>
> He must have practised very hard to perfect this as he was always eager to
> say it when I visited his heya with foreign guests, farewelling them with a
> big smile and his special English phrase.
>
> Katrina
>
>
>
> On 12 Dec 2021, at 10:44, Inside Sport: Japan <insidesportjapan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Still technically in the negotiating stage but it seems (Covid etc
> permitting) that the Japan Sumo Association will return to the Royal Albert
> Hall in October 2023.
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Best regards,
Jeffrey Anderson

For of all sad words of tongue or pen,
The saddest are these:
It might have been.
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