Pictures from WRYC Japan Tour
Day 3: June 11, 2003

Chaperones with the Sumo Wrestlers

While the choir members (and Don and Carol Ester) were busy with their host families, the other chaperones were taken by Professor Yoneda to Aichi University where a local Sumo wrestling team was practicing. After the practice, they shared the traditional Sumo meal with the wrestlers (presumably this is the diet that develops their unique physique).

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Proclamation from Muncie Mayor at Sumo practice Sumo warmup Sumo calisthenics
Sumo acrobatics Sumo ceremonial slapping of the telephone poles Sumo conga line


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