During their Jerusalem trip, a group of 13 sumo wrestlers visited the Mt. of Olives and the Western Wall. Following them were not only an army of journalists and cameramen, but also orthodox Jews dressed in black hats and black coats with their children. As a Christian, Kotoosyu stood in front of the Western Wall and had a moment of quiet. Israel Today asked one of the sumo wrestlers how he felt being in Israel for the first time. He said, “In Japan I heard always bad news about Israel, but when I came here to see the country, it is completely different.”