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Todai is what is known by buffet aficionados as a “Super Buffet”.
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Todai is set up as one long gigantic line, with only one side available to take food from (the other side is where the workers replenish the food).
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If you’re an elite Japanese student, you can go to Todai, which is ranked # 10 in the list of the worlds most prodigious universities.
More on Where Our Schools go Wrong - Warner_Todd_Huston’s blog - RedState 2009
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Place you discovered thanks to Midtown Lunch: Back to sushi — I relied on Midtown Lunch to give me the rundown on how fast the conveyer belt moved at Sakae Sushi (not fast enough for me) and the crowd at the Todai buffet.
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Rather than aspire to the discipline, most people who join the Todai sumo join by happenstance, or word of mouth.
Student Sumos 2010
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Despite the small proportions of its wrestlers, Todai's sumo team is surprisingly strong: Since sumo was recognized as a varsity sport among public universities in 1981, the Todai team has won the annual tournament 10 times and come in second 12 times.
Student Sumos 2010
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At left, two Todai team members wrestled during practice.
Student Sumos 2010
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Todai I seed too kitnz, fur realz, riet in teh cumpnee asem…issm…ahem…teh big gets-togever playse.
Course I not bizee… - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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The sumo enthusiasts at Todai, as the university is colloquially known, are a quirky aberration.
Student Sumos 2010
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"Maybe out of a thousand people, one person will want to try sumo because they like watching it and want to try it," say Ichiro Nitta, a professor of Japanese legal history who has run the Todai sumo club for decades.
Student Sumos 2010
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