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... ...full story at Porcelain Monkey
from Porcelain Monkey on Fri, Jul 18 2008
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| 25 Jul 08 |
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Grand Sumo Tournament - Makuuchi Ring Entering Ceremony »
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| 07 Jul 08 |
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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... |
| 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... |
| 18 Jul 08 |
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Sports › Yokozuna Asashoryu pulls out of Nagoya meet » Japan Today Mongolian grand champion Asashoryu withdrew from the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament on Friday due to multiple injuries after posting a 3-2 win-loss record, his stablemaster… |
| 12 Jan 08 |
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All eyes on Asashoryu as he returns to dohyo » Japan Times After a two-tournament suspension was lifted last November, Mongolian yokozuna Asashoryu will make his long-awaited comeback as the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament kicks off Sunday. Read more . . . |
| 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… |
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