Chapter 888: Sumo
When Shigeru Watanabe heard Li Xiaodong loosen his mouth, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief and agreed in one bite.
The Imperial Palace of Kyoto has always been a prestigious place to see the scenery, but only some of the palaces are open to the public, such as the Imperial Palace Outer Garden, the Imperial Palace East Garden, and Kitanomaru Park, which are often crowded with visitors and open to all visitors.
When Li Xiaodong first arrived in Kyoto, he was very unfamiliar with everything here, not to mention how much he knew about the emperor's palace, of course he wanted to complete Li Yina's outing at the same time, but also mix some private goods into it, he wanted Watanabe Shigeru to be a tour guide and go to the place where the emperor lived.
This has the advantage of not being a headless fly when he steps on the spot, and he can listen to Shigeru Watanabe's explanation and observe the geography of the Emperor's palace without hurrying or slowing down.
Li Xiaodong left the airport with everyone, and it was already past eight o'clock in the evening.
Shigeru Watanabe led them to a famous villa hotel in Kyoto, where they settled in a five-bedroom villa.
After a simple dinner, a few people took a walk together in this beautiful villa hotel, and Li Xiaodong was also with them, but Watanabe Shigeru and Jin Zhixuan were consciously or unconsciously alienating him, not communicating with him, and only treating him as superfluous air.
As he walked, Shigeru Watanabe pointed to a large bar in front of him and introduced to Ina, "It's a famous sports bar here. ā
"I just heard from the waitress that the National Sumo Association is holding an exhibition match at this bar to promote our country's traditional sport: sumo wrestling, to visitors from all over the world who come to Kyoto to watch the Far Eastern Games. Miss Ina and Miss Hayashi Can, do you have any interest in sumo wrestling, and would you like to watch it?"
Li Yina smiled implicitly, but did not express her position, there is nothing to do.
Lin Can was a little excited, and asked: "Watanabe-kun, I heard that in your country, those tall and huge sumo wrestlers are very popular with young women, and I recently read in the newspaper that there is a famous sumo wrestler who receives thousands of love letters in a year, and there are groups of beautiful women who besiege him in front of his residence every day, is there such a thing?"
Shigeru Watanabe showed a glorious expression after hearing this, and said as he walked: "Miss Hayashi Can, sumo wrestling is a traditional sport in our country for a long time, and it has always been respected as the national skill of our country because of its wide popularity, high audience participation, and extremely demanding and professional training in sumo. Sumo wrestlers also have a high status in our country, and their status often surpasses that of famous sports such as judo and karate, so it is not surprising that there are many female fans who worship sumo wrestlers. ā
He stopped again, revealing a look of fascination: "The sumo wrestler you mentioned with a thousand love letters is the top sumo wrestler in my country: Oyokozuna Tsuru Tong Rizaburo. His strength is outstanding, his courage is unstoppable, and he can be called an unbeatable Hercules!"
Speaking of this, his fascination was even greater, and his eyes revealed a kind of excited light.
Jin Zhixuan on the side saw his intoxication, as if the sumo sport he boasted about was the greatest sport in the world, and he had a very uncomfortable feeling in his heart, and wanted to argue with him: Compared with sumo wrestling, my country's taekwondo is even greater!
In fact, he is a taekwondo enthusiast, so naturally he can't be praised by others for how good other martial arts are.
Little did Watanabe Shigeru know that his praise had already made his South Korean companions jealous and vinegared in sumo wrestling.
He turned his head and said, "Miss Ina, why don't we go and watch a sumo exhibition match, I have a classmate who works at the headquarters of the sumo wrestling association, and it would be a lifetime honor to be able to take pictures with top sumo wrestlers through his channels." ā
Seeing that he took the opportunity to offer his hospitality to Li Yina, Jin Zhixuan became even more sour.
"I don't think it's better to do it, two big fat men with indecent bodies, pushing each other, clumsy and slow, relying purely on brute force, without any appreciation at all, it is better to take a walk and do something else. ā
When Shigeru Watanabe heard this, his cheeks immediately turned red, and he argued with him: "Kim Ji-hyun, you don't know the way of sumo wrestling at all!"
"Sumo wrestlers are fat, but they are by no means clumsy and slow, let alone indecent! They are the most flexible giants in the world, they not only have to train their physical strength, but they also have to refine the traditional Shinto culture, and they have spent their whole lives paying for a match! You have slandered the traditional sports of our country so much, you should apologize to me!"
"Oh, apologize, Watanabe-kun, you're too extreme, aren't you? Aren't I, a foreign tourist, allowed to express a little private opinion on your land?"
Jin Zhixuan did not back down, and in front of Li Yina and several others, he argued with Shigeru Watanabe.
Seeing that the two of them were chattering about infighting despite their identities as military school classmates, Li Xiaodong couldn't help but shake his head in his heart.
A trivial matter, a mess of chicken feathers, he suddenly felt that these two brothers were not ordinary people.
"Okay, okay, you two don't quarrel, since it's a traditional culture in the land of Watanabe Shigeru, we should maintain respect, let's go and take a look......"
Under the persuasion of Li Yina and Lin Can, Shigeru Watanabe and Kim Ji-hyun did not make a big deal and stopped arguing.
Shigeru Watanabe saw that the two female companions, especially Li Yina, agreed with his position, and his chin was raised high, with a look of victory and pride.
There was no way, although Jin Zhixuan was not convinced, he could only follow the general trend, and a few people came to this large bar where the exhibition match was held.
In the center of the bar is a circular wooden ring about five meters in diameter, covered with a felt carpet and surrounded by no rope fences, which is the traditional sumo ring.
On the stage, there was a referee wearing a traditional regimental embroidered official robe and a black gauze official hat, he shouted in his mouth, and at the same time waved the ancient fan in his hand down, and two fat giants with funny hair buns, only wearing a crotch step, shaking the fat meat, crashed into each other and started a gladiatorial fight.
The surrounding spectators suddenly became excited, some put their hands in their mouths and shouted, some raised their arms and shouted, and those Japanese fans were even more crazy, some played the white banners of "must win" or "Iā¤U", shouted in unison, and a miniskirt even waved her white nai cover in her hand, while jumping, while cheering for their idols.
It's a pity that most of them speak Japanese, unlike Shigeru Watanabe, who has always spoken Chinese, Li Xiaodong doesn't understand well, he just thinks they are a little crazy.
"Hehe, see it, it's just an exhibition match, the scene is so shocking, if it's an official game, the passion of the crowd can burn the air here!"
Under the stands, Shigeru Watanabe said proudly.
Then the group found a round table in a bar, sat down in groups, and watched the sumo wrestling performance on the stage while drinking.
(End of chapter)