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As the rikishi of Arashio Beya (2-47-2, Hama-cho Nihonbashi Chuo-ku, Tokyo) began their morning practice on Black Saturday, I was still in bed surrounded by Pikachus in the Pokemon-themed room I had found on AirBnB. Guests can watch the sumo wrestlers through large windows between 7:30 to 10 a.m. during this almost daily session (see www.arashio.net/tour_e.html) and by the time I got there, practice was just wrapping up.
Iâve gone beyond large and may be on my way, if I donât watch it, to the end of the lineâsize sumo. That, in any case, is the dreadful future previewed to me whenever I enter the Japanese shop Muji.
