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March 10, 2005
The Life of A Foreign Sumo
It may not be the easiest way to get a free ticket to Japan, but if you like Sumo wrestling and you're willing to sleep and eat a lot, you could be the next Gaijin (foreign) Sumo wrestler.
"Sumo wrestler Baruto, aka 20-year-old Kaido Hoovelson, was encouraged to come to Japan by his judo coach, who described the life of a wrestler as "a lot of sleeping, a lot of eating, a little bit of training. But for the past three years, Baruto's life has been characterized by 'a lot of cleaning, a lot of training, a little bit of sleeping.'"
Read interview in the Japan Times here
Posted by insideoutmag at March 10, 2005 01:26 PM