At 8:39 PM -0800 11/21/04, masumi wrote:
There is a children's educational TV program called "Pitagoraswitch"
on NHK
channel in Japan, and one of its regular corner is called "Algorithm
Exercise" which is for multiple people, particularly even-numbered
people.
Recently, in particular, they have been visiting various different
type of
working people to perform this exercise with.
I've seen a video clip taken at Michinoku-beya with 4 younger rikishi of
Michinoku-beya, several times this month. The video was taken on the
practice dohyou at the heya which is owned by Michinoku Oyakata or
former
Ozeki Kirishima in Ryogoku.
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Ah, yes, this program is a guilty pleasure of mine, when I'm around
and actually remember to watch it. It's on from 5 to 6. Algorithm
Exercise is my favorite segment and the one that brought me to the
program in the first place (flipping channels one day in search of
period dramas, I saw it and said, "What the hell is this?!?").
Konishiki has a regular segment, "Nihongo de asobo." He wears a
colorful outfit with headgear that makes me think of the cheeseheads
you see on Wisconsin football fans and acts out a fun little word game
with one or two kids.
Cheers,
Carl