Rikishis at Hakata station!?
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| Have you ever seen Rikishis (Sumo wrestlers) in Fukuoka except at Kokugikan (the sumo ring)? I’m quite sure I’m not the only one who has never seen Rikishis, even…
If I’d just been two inches shorter, it’d all have been so different
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Be careful of the word “toru”!
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Hi-res satellite photos of Fukuoka: Google Earth
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