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Went to Ryogoku yesterday to watch the last tournament in Tokyo for the year and what a ripper it was.

Asa Shoryu lost and when the Yokozuna went down everyone started pegging the cushions they were sitting on at the ring - a tradition whenever the underdog beats the Yokozuna.

Had some great seats and what was really awesome was how close you could get to the ring during the lesser graded bouts - so close Wrestlers were getting thrown out of the ring right in front of us.

If youve never been to a Sumo tournament, i highly recommend it - these blokes are massive larger than life hard core kunts, with calves the size of my thigh...

People all talk about top secret this and Nismo that and cheap parts etc etc, but this was something you wont forget.

The tournaments are held in Tokyo at the Ryogoku station, 5 minutes from Akihabara and tickets can be bought at Lawson convenience stores or even from the official website http://www.sumo.or.jp/eng/

Events are held in Tokyo during March, May and September but are also held in Osaka and f*kuoka among other places throughout the year.

Tickets can range from 5000 yen all the way up to 50,000 yen for ringside.

This was the view from the rafters on the second tier

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One of the walls outside the entrance:

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Paintings coming to life. You feel so small next to these boys - they are massive.

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The food that Sumo live off - Chanko...not to be confused with Chinko

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The big kahuna trophy:

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Other random trophies;

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Pass out stamp only visible under black light:

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Yeah went to the one in f*kuoka when I was studying there in 99...

shit eh, thats almost 10 years ago.

they're some big ass mother truckers...

its so funny seeing them riding around on their chari's (pushbikes) before the event!

yep, went to a huge tournament at ryogoku a few years back. it was one of the first things I wanted to do in japan.

I got "lost" though and "accidentaly" ended up in the go-man yen floor seats, ringside. :thumbsup: now that was awesome. :)

Outside the ring where the sumo were walking around lots of people were asking for photos with the sumo. some girls would get photos taken sitting on their laps. so I did it too and have a funny pic of me on a giant sumo's lap. I then asked if he would sit on my lap for a photo. lol. he didn't know if I was serious or joking but eitherway he wasn't game to crush me!

there was a few hairbacked gaijin doing pretty well too. but it just doesn't look right... ugh.gif

I still have some cool little figurines and stuff that I bought there.

ps. how many times a day do you type 'mang'? trust me when I say it's not as cool or funny as you think. and with huge overuse becomes quite annoying... srsly mang.

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