The Sumo Thread

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Hakuho retired as the GOAT, and then promptly assembled a stable full of future champion disciples.

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Future Ozeki Kiribayama arriving at the Osaka basho venue in style:

https://twitter.com/SumoFollower/status/1637891427916021760?s=20

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511

Is it just me or are more rikishi switching to a black mawashi lately? Getting pretty bland out there!

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512

No Yokozuna. One injured, absent Ozeki.

Dark times call for dark mawashi.

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who is most likely to go full goth and show up at the next basho with black fingernail polish and eyeliner

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Abi

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Ryuden. Heā€™s into some dark sh*t. Even his name sounds goth.

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Was all in on a Midorifuji yusho but the little man ran out of steam.

Either Daieisho or Kiribayama will be a worthy winner in a basho absent of Ozeki and Yokozuna.

517

NHK is winning the war on keeping international fans from watching sumo.

https://twitter.com/sumo_jason/status/1640681438608785408?s=46&t=6KwCLZ-MgqFodL6jxLj6Nw

https://twitter.com/kintamayama/status/1640782790764404750?s=46&t=6KwCLZ-MgqFodL6jxLj6Nw

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@Ikioi, Iā€™m planning on going to Tokyo sometime this summer, but Iā€™m pretty sure I canā€™t go during the basho. Are there any other sumo tournaments of any kind I could watch live? I figure it would be fun even if it isnā€™t one of the big ones.

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All the basho are in odd-numbered months. May is in Tokyo, and then July is in Nagoya.

If you canā€™t make it to an actual basho, in between they do jungyo tours to different locals throughout Japan. Currently they have the spring schedule up but check the link below for updates of the summer schedule, and maybe you can find something that works with your travel plans:

https://www.sumo.or.jp/EnJungyo/schedule/

Lastly, many stables permit visits to view a morning training session. Might be worth looking into if nothing else pans out.

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Thanks. Do you know if tour tickets are hard to get? Is it a whole day event?

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Might depend on the location. They had one up in my prefecture recently and I know tickets didnā€™t sell out right away, if at all, as I saw ongoing TV ads for it.

Donā€™t think itā€™s a whole day event. Probably 2-4 hours or so.

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522

From what I see on sumo twitter, it looks like tourists can sometimes arrange to visit sumo stables and see them training and stuff.

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523

Thanks. Iā€™ll look into that.

524

Must have typed this using invisible ink :confused:

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525

Yeah, I did see that, but Iā€™m still grateful that Trolly is trying to help the cause, even if, in this case, it is redundant.

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527

Ichinojo has retired.

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Yeah just heard. I think heā€™s almost always been in the sanyaku ranks as long as Iā€™ve been following sumo.