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 governing body of sumo—the Japan Sumo Association—organizes six tournaments annually: three of them are held in Tokyo in January, May, and September; one in Osaka in March, one in Nagoya in July, ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Japan a land where ancient traditions coexist seamlessly with cutting-edge modernity has become one of the most intriguing ...

In the early 4th century AD, two men performed sumo in front of the emperor, marking the first recorded instance of tenran sumo (sumo matches held before the emperor), as noted in Japan's oldest ...

The Yomiuri Shimbun 16:23 JST, January 29, 2025 Ozeki Hoshoryu was officially promoted to yokozuna by the Japan Sumo Association on Wednesday ... will make his debut as the top-ranked wrestler at the ...

Sumo is a style of wrestling that originated in ancient Japan. The first wrestler to touch the ground with any part of the body other than the soles of the feet, or to exit the ring, loses.

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