14 July 2014
I came to Nagoya for the sumo. It’s a nice enough city, as far as places go, but I didn’t actually get around to see much of anything else.
Nagoya Gymnasium
People politely waiting for their sumo gods to appear.
Hello big boy.
The crowd at the sumo was quite mixed. More men, yes, but plenty of women too. There are a couple of mother/daughter pairs sitting quite close to me.
The sumo dudes are huge. The tallest are a hand taller than me, and I’m a hand taller than the average Japanese person.
It’s the ritual and the ceremony that’s the most fascinating about sumo – the drink of water, spitting, squatting and clapping their hands.
See for yourself.