When we got back near Minami Sendai, we went to the Aztec Museum to see an exhibit about Kukai, the Buddhist monk who is credited with beginning the 88 temple pilgrimage. I will have more about that tomorrow when I am a bit less tired. We got back to Izumi Chuo around noon and met Keith for lunch in a cheap Italian restaurant.
After eating and drinking a little wine, we met Tony and his wife Michi and went to the soccer stadium where we saw a rugby match between the Japanese national team and the Samoan team. Japan won. I think the score was 35 to 12. The picture shows the Samoans doing the hakka, the war dance that they do before games to energize themselves and to scare the opponents. It obviously did not help them today.
2 comments:
that isn't Samoa, that's Tonga, haha.
No, it was Samoa, not Tonga. Before the game starts, both teams do a war dance but the Samoan one is quite mild and not as war-like as the Tongans, who are famous for it.
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