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Patriciajaydee

@patriciajaydee.bsky.social

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Retired editor and writer of online design, fine arts and features magazines. Japanophile, always curious, but usually the last to know.

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Patriciajaydee @patriciajaydee.bsky.social · 3h

But they don't get hurt!
Shinto gods protect them. 😉

Patriciajaydee @patriciajaydee.bsky.social · 3h

That was no accident, Luci-Lu-san! 💕
You were meant to fall in love with sumo. It's destiny!

Patriciajaydee @patriciajaydee.bsky.social · 3h

Noooooooo---not 14 pounds.😱
They'd get sent to the Tower for that High Crime.

Patriciajaydee @patriciajaydee.bsky.social · 3h

😘❤️

Patriciajaydee @patriciajaydee.bsky.social · 3h

“I exchanged money before coming, so I want to use it,” he said. “I wonder what else I can buy with this?"

He was so engrossed with shopping, he didn't notice his companions, Kirishima and Oshoma, had left him.
Unlike a yokozuna in Japan, Hoshoryu just smiled and relished the afternoon.

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Patriciajaydee @patriciajaydee.bsky.social · 3h

And for an update on our senior yokozuna's shopping.
He found a leather bag that he thought "was cute."
The Yokozuna usually has people make way for him, but on this day he lined up at the checkout register alongside regular. citizens. He was a bit of a bother, too, bc he wanted to pay in cash.

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Patriciajaydee @patriciajaydee.bsky.social · 3h

I hadn't realized how photogenic rikishi are--until they traveled across the ocean AND the pond. It's obvious that Shonnanoumi is having a ball even when he's strickly forbidden to smile. The man's a professional.

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Patriciajaydee @patriciajaydee.bsky.social · 3h

A Chief Shimpan ought to look good, but former Ozeki Chiyotaikai has always been keen and attentive to his hair--even an unranked maezuno.
And, he's clever, too.
Betcha he'll go back to his Tokyo hairdresser and tell him, "Just follow what they did in London."

Never works, but nice try Taikai.

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Patriciajaydee @patriciajaydee.bsky.social · 3h

Aoinishi and Fujinokawa ventured to the Caldicott School for Boys (aged 7–13) in Southern Buckinghamshire as part of a TV special about sports' rising stars.

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Patriciajaydee @patriciajaydee.bsky.social · 3h

They're so distinctive--they were even captured on a street surveillance camera.

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Patriciajaydee @patriciajaydee.bsky.social · 3h

Oho and the whale (that fascinates him).

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Patriciajaydee @patriciajaydee.bsky.social · 3h

The imposing junior yokozuna and his attendants.

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Patriciajaydee @patriciajaydee.bsky.social · 3h

Tokihayate and Ichiyamamoto pose for their new fans--
and for their own albums.

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Patriciajaydee @patriciajaydee.bsky.social · 3h

The "that's a print" postcard for Mom-- one in Ishikawa, Japan and the other, to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

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Patriciajaydee @patriciajaydee.bsky.social · 3h

Cameras snap with every sighting and move that Hoshoryu makes.

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Patriciajaydee @patriciajaydee.bsky.social · 3h

Our two yokozuna try the street food (frankfurters and tea cakes) offered on the promenade to the Palace of Westminster.

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Patriciajaydee @patriciajaydee.bsky.social · 3h

The yokozunae and rikishi are partaking in the food and drink of London which have run from utterly delicious to a bit of a gamble.
Take Atamifuji for example.
He ordered hot tea and gave his name.
When the barista called "Adamisu!."
He didn't respond.

He figured it was for some foreign guy.

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Patriciajaydee @patriciajaydee.bsky.social · 5h

You done guuud! A+++++

Patriciajaydee @patriciajaydee.bsky.social · 5h

These fortunate and adventurous four ate steak and seafood for dinner last night at the Hawksmoor in London.
No word on how the beef (and seafood) compares from that in Tokyo--but they look very satisfied, especially that Abi.

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Patriciajaydee @patriciajaydee.bsky.social · 6h

No no --not for my Golden Boy!

Patriciajaydee @patriciajaydee.bsky.social · 6h

😘❤️

Patriciajaydee @patriciajaydee.bsky.social · 7h

Hi again, Jerome!
Wanted you to know that most of my images are from the Japan Sumo Association (in Japanese, called the 'Nihon Sumo Kyokai') that, I am sure, would be quite pleased with further dissemination of their photos that promote the big tournament. I'm off to read your article NOW! :)

Patriciajaydee @patriciajaydee.bsky.social · 7h

Fantastic, Cezar-san!