Watching September Aki Basho Live Stream in My Room

One of the things that I enjoy doing in my Japan hostel room is watching live sumo tournaments on YouTube. Today I watched a live stream of the September Aki Basho (Tokyo Grand Sumo Tournament). Seeing Mitakeumi Hisashi (Dewanoumi stable) winning against Takakeishō Mitsunobu (Ozeki rank). I was watching Mitakeumi Hisashi throughout the tournament.  He… Continue reading Watching September Aki Basho Live Stream in My Room

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Yokozuna Hakuhō Performing the Ring-entering Ritual Dance

In this video, you can see Yokozuna Hakuho performing his Ykozuna ring-entering ceremony (kanreki dohyō-ir)—the Shiranui style. The video was captured at EIDON Arena, at the 2019 Osaka Grand Sumo Tournament. This was on March 15, 2018, Friday at 3:52 pm. Sorry for the quality, I was capting it using my mobile phone camera. Here… Continue reading Yokozuna Hakuhō Performing the Ring-entering Ritual Dance

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Yokozuna Kakuryū Rikisaburō Ring-entering Ceremony

When I was in Osaka, Japan, I went to see the 2019 Sumo Grand Tournament in Osaka. I think it was on the 8th day of the 15-day tournament. In this post, I’ll share a video of Yokozuna Kakuryū Rikisaburō Ring-entering Ceremony, the Kanreki dohyō-iri. Back then I didn’t know a lot about Sumo, because… Continue reading Yokozuna Kakuryū Rikisaburō Ring-entering Ceremony