Le Japon, me voici !

The Grand Sumo Tournament ( Basho) 2014
Where:  Kokugikan the indoor Sumo stadium in Tokyo, Japan

The Grand Sumo Tournament (Bash) is held, yearly, in Tokyo. Sumo's wrestling is known in Japan as an ancient sport which, now days, is part of the totality traditional and nationality Japanese uniqueness. The wrestlings which take place in May are the greatest in the world.

In the annual wrestling, six tournaments take place where in each of it, every wrestler competes in fifteen competitions. The competitor who achieves most of the points is the one who win the competition. The competition's judgment is based on rules and laws on the way the wrestling should be carried on. The wrestling is between two big body wrestlers. The Sumo wrestlers build their bodies with a special diet.

The wrestlers wear special traditional belt name Mawashi on their waist line. The fights takes place in a round ring made of sand and clay. Its diameter is 14.93 feet (4.55 m). The margins' ring are delimit by a rope made of rice fibers. Inside the ring, two white lines are painted, which the wrestlers are not allowed to cross, to mark the start position of the competitors.

According to tradition, salt is being spread on the ring as a good luck and success sign. Every wrestler has to push the other one out of the ring where the brushed sand that was spread around makes it easy for the judge to determine whether a wrestler has touched his foot, or another part of his body, outside the ring. The spectator is guaranteed a unique sportive experience that hardly can be found outside Japan.
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2014 Grand Tournament Schedule [By: http://www.sumo.or.jp ]

Tournament	Venue	Advance Tickets ar sold from	Sumo Ranking is announced on	First Day	Final Day
The January Tournament	Kokugikan	December 7, 2013	December 24, 2013	January 12, 2014	January 26, 2014
The March Tournament	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium (BODYMAKER COLOSSEUM）	February 2, 2014	February 24, 2014	March 9, 2014	March 23, 2014
The May Tournament	Kokugikan	April 12, 2014	April 24, 2014	May 11, 2014	May 25, 2014
The July Tournament	Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium	May 22, 2014	June 30, 2014	July 13, 2014	July 27, 2014
The September Tournament	Kokugikan	August 9, 2014	September 1, 2014	September 14, 2014	September 28, 2014
The November Tournament	Fukuoka Kokusai Center	October 4, 2014	October 27, 2014	November 9, 2014	November 23, 2014

 

IMPORTANT:
Please note that the details of the event are subject to change. We strongly recommended that you check with the organizers before making any travel arrangements.


Somo, Photo by: www.sumo.or.jp

Links:
 Nihon Sumo Kyokai
 Tokyo Convention & Visitors Bureau
Admission fee:
 Various
Email:
 tcvbinfo@tcvb.or.jp
Contact: 
Tokyo Convention & Visitors Bureau
AddressSenior Work Tokyo Bldg. 7F 3-10-3
Iidabashi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0072
Phone: +81(0)3 5211 2171
Fax: +81 (0) 3 5211 2180


Tokyo travel information

Dialing code: 3
Longitude: 139.69168°
Latitude: 35.68953°
Japan information address: Japan National Tourism Organization 10th Floor, Tokyo Kotsu Kaikan Building, 2-10-1Yurakucho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0006
Tourist website: www.jnto.go.jp


Japan country details

Location: Eastern Asia, island chain between the North Pacific Ocean and the East Sea, east of the Korean Peninsula.
Capital: Tokyo
Currency: yen (JPY)
Voltage and Frequency: 100V 50/60 Hz
Dialing country code: +81
Language: Japanese

Japan background and overview:

In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Following the Treaty of Kanagawa with the US in 1854, Japan opened its ports and began to intensively modernize and industrialize. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Japan became a regional power that was able to defeat the forces of both China and Russia. It occupied Korea, Formosa (Taiwan), and southern Sakhalin Island.
In 1931-32 Japan occupied Manchuria, and in 1937 it launched a full-scale invasion of China. Japan attacked US forces in 1941 - triggering America's entry into World War II - and soon occupied much of East and Southeast Asia. After its defeat in World War II, Japan recovered to become an economic power and a staunch ally of the US. While the emperor retains his throne as a symbol of national unity, actual power rests in networks of powerful politicians, bureaucrats, and business executives.
The economy experienced a major slowdown starting in the 1990s following three decades of unprecedented growth, but Japan still remains a major economic power, both in Asia and globally. In 2005, Japan began a two-year term as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council.

[Courtesy of The World Factbook]



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SegawaDaisuke a écrit:Faudrait que je recalcule, mais je dirais que j'ai environ 3-4000$ pour tout ce qui n'est pas transport/hébergement/nourriture ^^

Je compte acheter un souvenir dans chaque ville que je vais passer et puis rendu à Tôkyô je risque de m'acheter tous pleins de chose que je vais m'envoyer par la poste.

OMG! tu as eu un message de sawbone!!! ahem.. désoler pour ma réaction mais c'est juste que depuis tous ce temps sur ce forum...... j'y ai jamais réussi a qu'il m'écrive un truc comme commentaire   

Il y a toujours ca aussi qui est dur a calculer surtout pour ce qui est du transport et de la bouffe..... il y a toujours des imprévus dans cette aspect la.

Et puis je pense que tu sais depuis le temps pour le Japon que tu risque de maigrir a moins que tu y mette un bon montant pour la bouffe.

A moins que tu sois un petit mangeur, la bas le monde mange beaucoup moins et les portions sont beaucoup plus petit qu'ici en amérique. Même si tu vise les junk food, pour le même prix qu'ici on a souvent moins.

Alors du coup ca coute assez chère pour les gaijin a bouffé la bas    car c'est pas du riz et du ramen ou udon qui remplisse énormément a moins d'en prendre beaucoup. (après tous après un boute, on en a raz le bol)

Je pense qu'en réalité ceci explique aussi pourquoi les japonais sont très fort sur les ''snack'' on en retrouve partout et surement la raison que vue qu'il mange moins au repas.... il bouffe plus de snack ''entre'' les repas.

Bref, je te souhaite pour ma part de ne pas tomber malade coté bouffe.

Bien qu'on sais que le Japon est reconnu pour que la bouffe y sois excellent.... c'est comme quand on va dans n'importe qu'elle pays, on s'habitue au début difficilement au truc de préparation ou de cuisson.... suffi d'un germe (genre le type de savons utiliser pour laver leur vaisselle) puis paf!!! on vie un calvaire les première semaines.

Mais pour ce qui est de la température je pense que tu as bien choisi ton temps. Pas trop chaud ni trop froid pour les régions ou tu va.

Je suis curieux pour l'humidité par contre, on semble dire du Japon que l'humidité (chaude ou froide) est énorme dans l'air..... rien de comparable même a ici dans le coin de montréal et québec.

Surement que tu va nous en parler hehe