{"id":4192,"date":"2016-02-23T08:17:16","date_gmt":"2016-02-22T23:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.takimotokan.co.jp\/english\/?p=1051"},"modified":"2016-02-23T08:17:16","modified_gmt":"2016-02-22T23:17:16","slug":"onsen-in-the-language-of-sumo-yado-banzuke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/takimotokan.ardevtech.net\/en\/news\/onsen-in-the-language-of-sumo-yado-banzuke\/","title":{"rendered":"Onsen in the Language of Sumo: Yado-Banzuke"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A document seen as above is called\u00a0banzuke<\/i>, which you can always find before an\u00a0official tournament of sumo. The document is to be read from right to left and top to bottom. It indicates the rankings of the professional sumo wrestlers entered in the race. On the banzuke<\/i>, wrestlers are divided into East, which is printed on the right, and West, which is printed on the left. A\u00a0banzuke<\/i>\u00a0is often considered a collector’s item by sumo fans.<\/p>\n

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However, the document you see above has little to do with sumo. It is called\u00a0yado-banzuke<\/i>, which is published annually by BIGLOBE, a popular onsen search engine in Japan. Whereas the\u00a0rankings on a regular\u00a0banzuke<\/i> are decided by an assembly composed of sumo judges\u00a0and\u00a0supervisors, the\u00a0yado-banzuke<\/i>\u00a0is a reflection on the 26,156 votes gathered from regular guests. The people of Japan have voted, and they have determined their favorite onsen resort.<\/p>\n

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For eight\u00a0years in a row, Dai-ichi Takimotokan has been fortunate enough to be elected as a guest favorite on BIGLOBE. Further more, we have been awarded the\u00a0Yokozuna<\/em> title for the fourth time this year!\u00a0Yokozuna\u00a0<\/i>is the highest rank in sumo, and it usually takes a wrestler a lifetime of training to get there. We feel incredibly honored to be given the highest rank as an onsen resort. We would certainly continue the\u00a0efforts to repay the affection from our guests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  A document seen as above is called\u00a0banzuke, which you can always find before an\u00a0official tournament of sumo. The document is to be read from right to left and top to bottom. It indicates the rankings of the professional sumo wrestlers entered in the race. On the banzuke, wrestlers are divided into East, which is printed on the right, and<\/p>\n

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