Less than two weeks after the sole yokozuna retired from the sport, the Japan Sumo Association on Jan. 29 filled the void by ...

During our summertime trip to Japan, we explored incense ... The whole family tried sumo wrestling In Nara, near Kyoto and Osaka, we encountered sacred deer that bowed when we fed them crackers.

The spring grand sumo tournament got underway on March 8th in Osaka, western Japan, and concluded its 15-day competition on the 22nd. Due to the outbreak of the new coronavirus, the tournament ...

He placed third at the junior world sumo championships in Sakai, also in Osaka Prefecture ... to the first division in the western Japan student wrestling community. In June 2022, Kansai ...

A remote island in western Japan is a spiritual home for sumo wrestling. For hundreds of years ... The Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka in 2024 People familiar with Japan's national sport are ...

In Nara, near Kyoto and Osaka, we encountered sacred deer ... where I had another quest for my boys — to learn about Japan's oldest sport: Sumo wrestling. Katsuragi is the origin of sumo ...

Sumo holds six regular 15-day “honbasho” tournaments in Japan each year, three in Tokyo and one each in Osaka, Nagoya and Fukuoka. When they are not competing, training, resting or performing ...