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Sumo in Osaka

On Sunday the 18th of March 2007, I went to Osaka to watch Sumo. The event began at 9am and finished around 6pm. There were many matches between different grades of Sumo. It was a blast to see how excited the crowd reacted to their favourite fighters,...

from YouTube on Fri, Feb 01 2008

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11 Mar 08 visit Sumo Match in Osaka Japan: video 8  »  YouTube videovideos from a day of watching sumo matches in Osaka, Japan on March 9, 2008.
20 Mar 08 visit sumo man  »  YouTube videoDeb went to the Osaka Prefectural Stadium to watch the March 2008 Sumo tournament.
13 Feb 08 visit Violence in sumo training  »  Japan Times The arrests of former sumo stable master Tokitsukaze and three sumo wrestlers in connection with the fatal beating of a 17-year-old wrestler before and during a training session last June should serve as a warning to the Japan Sumo Association about a...
07 Jul 08 visit Sumo Practice  »  Porcelain Monkey The Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament is due to start this Sunday July 13th.Last week sumo wrestlers descended upon Nagoya and have been practicing in various beya or stables dotted round Nagoya in preparation for the 15 day competition.I tagged along with a...
13 Sep 08 visit Sumo wrestlers judged too fast  »  Japan Times The Sept. 10 editorial "Put sumo back on course" is itself way off course. First of all, for some reason, Japanese Sumo has not had any organized system for drug testing, although it is likely that steroids have been used. Because of an incident in...

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