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... ...full story at Porcelain Monkey
from Porcelain Monkey on Mon, Jul 07 2008
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| 05 Aug 08 |
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Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament 2008 »
YouTube video There aren't any sumo tournaments in July in Tokyo so I had to haul ass all the way to Nagoya to see the traditional Japanese spectacle. |
| 18 Jul 08 |
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Friday Flash..More from the Nagoya Sumo Tournament » Porcelain Monkey A couple of shots from the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament I attended earlier in the week.Below is a photo of yokozuna Asashoryu performing the traditional dohyo-iri or "entering the ring" ceremony.Accompanied by two lower ranked wrestlers and a judge,the... |
| 14 Jul 08 |
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Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament July 2008 » Porcelain Monkey I dragged myself up early and along to the second day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament.There was a line of people already waiting when I arrived at the ticket office.After standing in an orderly fashion for 10 minutes in the rapidly rising heat I... |
| 20 Jul 07 |
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Friday Flash..Nagoya Summer Sumo Tournament » Porcelain Monkey I went along to the thirteenth day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament held in the Nagoya Prefectural Gym adjacent to Nagoya Castle.I had the above bento mid-morning as I'd woken up late and skipped breakfast.The bento came in a bag which contained the... |
| 17 Jul 08 |
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Sports › Hakuho, Ama share lead at Nagoya sumo » Japan Today Hakuho barged out Hokutoriki to maintain his unbeaten start but yokozuna rival Asashoryu crashed to a shock second defeat at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament… |
| 28 Jul 08 |
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Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament RoundUp 2008 » Porcelain Monkey The Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament ended yesterday.Hakuho had wrapped up the Emperors Cup on day 13 so the only real interest was whether he could end with a 15 win 0 loss record.Which he did by beating Kotooshu in the last bout of the final day.Kotooshu... |
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