SUMO - Tokyo 2009 Aki Basho Wrap-Up

In this vlog I:

1 - discuss how NHK is blocking some of my videos
2 - thank you all for your comments, ratings and support
3 - drink some chocolate milk
4 - invite you to come back in November for the Fukuoka Grand Sumo Tournament

Congratulations to Asashoryu on a great basho and for winning his 24th Emperor's Cup.

It was an exciting final day of Sumo, so I hope you can find somewhere to watch the matches, and try back here in a few days and maybe they'll let me re-post my coverage of Day 15.

Cheers,
Jason

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• Jasonsinjapan
• English
• vlog
• SUMO
• Tokyo
• Japan
• 東京
• 相撲
• September
• 2009
• Autumn
• Grand
• Tournament

[soubibeloved]

Jay, will you put up Nov Basho, too? I'm a big fan of sumo since I was a student in Japan in 1994, and just found your vlog recently. Thanks for this, you're great, man!

[JasonsinJapan]

yep - should have Day ONE vids from Fukuoka up tomorrow. :)

[drthomasjokerst]

Thanks for your interesting comments. In Germany they used to broadcast the bashos on Eurosport some years ago. Since then I tried to follow on the Nihon Sumo Kyokai Live Streams sometimes. Probably I'll switch to your videos on YoutTube now to follow the Giants. Thanks a lot! Thomas from Hamburg

[JasonsinJapan]

Thanks Thomas - I plan on having full coverage (if NHK allows) starting tomorrow.

[7elmig]

As I told you, high-quality, Japanese-spoken wnnwkd2's videos weren't blocked. Is it because yours are in English? I agree with joelovott's comment: you're promoting both sumo and NHK. There was a time (I'm not sure there still is) when one could watch sumo on Eurosport. Could they be the culprits?

Thanks for your sumo travails.

[JasonsinJapan]

yeah - WNNWKD's first channel was suspended, but I don't know if it was for his sumo uploads or the many other sport videos he uploads.

I don't want this channel to go away, so I hope NHK or whomever is doing the blocking will ease up for the Fukuoka basho.

[vagu14]

thos videos you mention are even blocked in Greece. i guess they are blocked pretty much everywhere...

[7elmig]

I sure hope so.

I don't get it why are they (whoever they may be) so market-jealous of a few hundreds of people around the Blue Planet watching and getting interested in sumo and in Japan.

Isn't there any way you, YouTube-expert Jason, could solve this vexing mistery?

Thanks again!

[hpeterswald]

I love the analogy of comparing Sumo with Japanese car production. When domestic demand for vehicles started to flag the shortfall was made up with overseas sales.

With Sumo domestic interests flags but only token attempts are made to satisfy overseas interest.

New digital communication technology such as the Internet has given global mass appeal to the japanese culture of manga, anime and games, why not Sumo ?

[joelovott]

So sorry they are giving you a hard time with your posts that only promote Sumo!

I have enjoyed your videos and comments over the past couple years.

Please keep trying.

Be well,

joe