Sumida City (Tokyo)
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Sumida is the Tokyo ward across the Sumida River from the center of the city, and Ryogoku, its sumo district, is where the national sumo arena, the Kokugikan, stands. After a morning in Shibuya, I spent the afternoon of September 9, 2024, the second day of the September Grand Sumo Tournament, there. At Ryogoku Station, portraits of the yokozuna, sumo’s grand champions, hang above their handprints, and outside the Kokugikan, every seat had been sold. The bouts run all afternoon, working up through the divisions, and I watched from high in the stands.
Photos from Sumida City (Tokyo)
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Sold out, on the second day of the tournament.
Ryogoku Station, hung with portraits of the yokozuna, sumo’s grand champions.
A photo booth that puts you in the top division’s ring-entering ceremony.