Sumo
Rikishi (sumo wrestlers) training at Yasukuni Jinja, Tokyo on 20.4.2001

Click on pictures to see the action. Note that the "match sequence" is a composite of a number of bouts.
Sorry about poor picture quality, but lighting conditions were impossible and my camera's zoom insufficient...



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