Day three was spent walking around
Tokyo,
and when I say walking, I mean walking.
In the evening it was time
for one of the highlites of my trip: The Mail List Chanko Dinner at
Terao's
restaurant in Ryogoku, under the auspices of Rob Hoey. The restaurant
is
owned by
Terao's brother, (not Sakahoko, I mean the other brother who was
in the lower ranks).
We had a great time, getting to know each other and
talking about everything from
Sumo to early 16th century Origami masters.
Here then, are the stars of the dinner:
Right to left: (counter-clockwise,
if you will..)
Donald Wilson (Donaldnodebu), Stewart
Nelson, the one and only Doreen Simmons,
Bob Reimer ( Kofuji) and wife
Barbara, standing is Yasuko Otomo, (Donald's better half),
Ray Michel (Bakanonada),
some bald guy that came along for the free beer,
the masterful Rob Hoey,
Michael Levitt, Kenji Tierney, and Shane Booth (Okimura).
We had three different kinds of
Chanko:
Water-based, miso -based and everyone's
favorite, soya-based. They were
all reaally good!! All in all- a splendid time was had by all.
When we
left, we were all presented with an Aki-Basho Banzuke.
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