How to run football team as a business. Today, I joined the "sports study" seminor run by Japanese high quality sports magazine called " number. Today`s guest are CEO Mr.Takashi Yamauchi and sales director Mr.Shinji Ito. Team Gamba Gumba b…

TAKUMA SATO is a motor race Japanese hero. After he quit racing F1, he join Indy race. In 2016, he was second. And finally he got champion in 2017 Indy 500. (2018, he could not finish the race because of crush) Long road to the champion Hi…

Sumo wrestler TOCHNOSHIN who from Georgia will be promoting to OZEKI rank. OZEKI is the secound highest ranking. This is his picture. He is now 30 years old. Here are his comments. I almost guit sumo when I got serious injury in 2013. Befo…

15 days of turnament has finished The Tokyo Sumo tournament has just finished yesterday. Mongorian won the turnament. His name is Kakuryu who`s rank called yokozuna which means highest ranking.He got champion belt this time.(Result 14 won …

Difference between Korean fans and Japanese fans at a venue. When I enjoyed baseball in Seoul, Korea I found some difference. ・Big fans who are chanting and shouting are at infield stand ・No trumpet music when cheering ・No cute "beer gi…

Business trip from Tokyo to Korea I had stayed Seoul from 22 to 24 May on a business trip. Luckily I could enjoy Korean professional sports, it is a baseball game. It was my first experience to see a baseball game in Korea. The sunset game…

The turf In general, in Japan,to maintain good condition of natural turf, soccer sports venue could have only 30 to 40 games a year. Iｔ means if you own a stadium which is specialized in soccer,you could only have 30 to 40 games year! How…

One of the best football stadium in Japan. In Tokyo area, Saitama stadium is the best venue to watch football.Because it is specialized in football and you can see players very close. Capacity is about 50,000. In Osaka area , Panasonic sta…

2 pages of paper "Sports regulation" I read the Saitama city regulation which was created 2002 lead by current city mayer Mr.Shimizu. It says only guideline. No concrete,detail things are written. But it clearly difine the "role of Saitama…

First Japanese city which has created written "Sports regulation". Yesterday, I attended sports seminor called "Number business college" which was organized by Japanese best and high quality sport magazine "Number". And guest speaker was M…

One of the best craft beer in Tokyo Just 5 minutes walk from KOKUGIKAN sumo venue,there is a good sports bar which is specialized in craft beer.You can enjoy 70 beers on tap ! It is called "Popeye",and it has 50 or 60 seats. Sunday closed.…

Morning practice tour at sumo stable (Heha) There are about 50 training stables of sumo wrestlers. They are hosting about 600 wrestlers.So average stable has 12 wrestlers.Many stables are located near Ryogoku Kokugikan sumo venue in Tokyo.…

Tickets are already sold out Tokyo tournament will be held from 13th to 27th in May 2018. But tickets are sold out except 100 or 200 seats of "today`s seat" But you could enjoy something at around Kokugikan venue without tickets. Here are …

In Tokyo we have Sumo tournament for three times a year,in Jan, May and September. Each tournament have 15 days. And today is the first day of Sep tournament. I live now in Sumida dirstrict in Tokyo. It takes about 15 minutes by car from m…

Completely defferent ? When I was a college students, I did not think Sake is good taste. At that time,we drank sake to enjoy just get drunk.! Actualy I think you could enjoy taste of Sake, beer,wine and wisky after you get 30 years or so.…

Top 50 There are about 600 sumo wrestlers. And here are the top 50 wrestlers salaries. <Earnings> 1, Ranking 1 to 3---US$ 400,000/year 2, Ranking 4 to 10--US$ 350,000 3, Ranking 11 to 20--US$ 220,000 4, Ranking 21 to 30--US$ 180,000 5, Ranking 31 to</earnings>…

Suggesting time schedule at the Tokyo Kokugigan venue The sumo turnament match starts at 8:30 am and end 6pm for 15 days in a row. Nobody could watch the match that long.I go to the venue at around 1pm. Here is my suggesting schedule <Time table> 1,7:</time>…

When & where Jan 15 to 30th, May 15 to 30th, Sep 15 to 30th at Kokugikan venue. The venue location is in down town of Tokyo. Just 10 minutes by train from Tokyo station. From JR (Japan railway) station called Ryogoku,it is just 5 minutes w…

Overview Sumo originated as a performance to entertain Shinto deities in ancient times.(1500 years ago).Sumo is also referenced in Japanese mythology. The massive wrestlers grapple and whoever touches the ground with any parts of his body(…

History of Sumo A sacred ritual spanning 1500 years,Sumo is much more than Japan`s de facto national sport.Burly wrestlers still grapple today in a tradition that has remained unchanged since the Edo period. When and where you can watch Su…

Sake is not popular? In Japan, lagar type beer is the most popular.Sake was very popular 40 years ago,but not now. Now,Craft Sake is popular! Craft Sake is different ? It is different compare to regular Sake.If you are now live out side of…

Balance of EKIDEN team and Marathon Generally speaking,at Ekiden race, about 10 people run. Runner run about 5km to 20km. Marathon is 42.195km. So if you are head coach of the running team,it is not easy to focust both. Because training pr…

EKIDEN : Long distance running team Marathon , EKIDEN are very popular in Japan.From Dec to Mar, we have many big and size of race every weekend. I enjoy watching a race on weekend for 2 or 3 hours on live on TV. Many firms have a race tea…

Japanese semipro Rugy League situation 16 teams in the "Top League" The "Top League" started about 7 or 8years ago in Japan. 16 teams belong to the league now.The season starts in Sep and end in Jan. Each team are different,but generally s…