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Sumo wrestling training

This morning we watched sumo wrestlers train. They train every day.  Highlight of the day, nuff said. 




Then I left Eric for a sumo wrestler 


Then we ate lots of sashimi at Tsukiji outer fish market. YUM


They closed the Tsukiji Inner Fish market (for vendors) just this past Saturday.  They’ve literally been talking about doing this for years.  It’s been moved about 30 minutes away and opening next week.  The new site was contaminated so they had to “clean” it up.  RIP the old Tsukiji inner fish market (with our nice guide):




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