It's the year of the horse.
This sculpture is at the lake near our apartment.

Other lake visitors.

Back in Saipan...

Saipan sunset.

Tokyo concert.

Janice at Tableaux.

The Edo (Old Tokyo) Museum building.

The shogun who started it all.

Museum depiction of Old Tokyo.

Another museum depiction.

Our English-speaking museum guide.

Two sumo attendants walk past a Buddhist monk.

Don prepares to watch the sumo tournament.

The 'prelims' were just as action-packed as the later bouts.

There's lots of pageantry at the Grand Sumo Tournament.

They always toss a little salt onto the ring before squaring off.
This guy threw a heaping handful, to the delight of the crowd.

One step out of the ring and you're done.

The leading sumo had the most banners announcing his entrance.

Sumo bouts are not scripted!

Back home, sunset, you can just see Mt. Fuji.

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