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Photos show Sumo wrestlers bringing 1,500 years of tradition to London’s Royal Albert Hall
Forty of Japan’s top wrestlers compete over five days in a sold-out event celebrating sumo’s cultural and ceremonial heritage outside Japan for only the second time.
- On Wednesday the five-day Grand Sumo Tournament began at the Royal Albert Hall, London, featuring elite makuuchi-division wrestlers and marking only the second time it’s held outside Japan.
- After a 34-year hiatus, London is again hosting Japan's national sport as organisers of the Grand Sumo Tournament aim to showcase its cultural and religious roots.
- Organisers used wheelbarrows to bring specialist soil from Heathrow and adapted the Royal Albert Hall stage, while roughly 27,000 tickets sold out.
- Fans from Europe gathered at the Royal Albert Hall and around the city to see the rikishi, while grand champion Onosato Daiki performed rituals and hurled Ura Kazuki out of the ring.
- Recent years' growing attention positions sumo for more international showcases, with organisers aiming to reach new international audiences and a Paris exhibition scheduled in June next year.
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A major sumo wrestling tournament is coming to London, and it will be held outside of Japan for only the second time in the sport's 1,500-year history.
For the first time in 34 years, Japan's »The Grand Sumo Tournament« takes place abroad. The sold-out Royal Albert Hall in London is about kiloprotze, seconds wins – and evil spirits for five days.
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From Tokyo to the Thames: Sumo wrestlers bring ancient Japan to London
London's Royal Albert Hall has swapped violins for loincloths this week as 40 sumo wrestlers take part in the city's first Grand Sumo Tournament in 34 years. The five-day event marks the Japan Sumo Association's first outing abroad since 2013, bringing the ancient sport's rituals and muscle to one of the world's most iconic stages.
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