{"id":4458,"date":"2010-02-01T15:01:25","date_gmt":"2010-02-01T22:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/?p=4458"},"modified":"2010-11-28T12:25:09","modified_gmt":"2010-11-28T19:25:09","slug":"more-sumo-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/2010\/02\/more-sumo-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"More Sumo Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/24170526trim.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/24170526trim-800x632.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"asashoryu kaio harumafuji hakuho final day of hatsubasho january sumo tournament leg lift\" width=\"800\" height=\"632\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/24170526trim-800x632.jpg 800w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/24170526trim-250x197.jpg 250w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/24170526trim.jpg 1139w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some special events happen on the final day of a sumo tournament. One is a short demonstration or ceremony put on by the Yokozuna- and Ozeki-ranked <I>rikishi<\/I> before the final few bouts of the day. Above you can see Asashoryu, Kaio, and Harumafuji doing the <I>sanyakusoroibumi<\/I> (\u4e09\u5f79\u63c3\u3044\u8e0f\u307f) which includes <I>shiko<\/I> (\u56db\u80a1, ceremonial sumo leg raise and stomp). In the background you can see <a href=http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/tag\/hakuho\/>Hakuho<\/a> and Kotooshu.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/24101259trim.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/24101259trim-800x398.jpg\" alt=\"Ryogoku Kokugikan giant sumo murals\" title=\"six sumo wrestlers ryogoku\" width=\"800\" height=\"398\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/24101259trim-800x398.jpg 800w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/24101259trim-250x124.jpg 250w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/24101259trim.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ellie and Ryan are in front of the entrance to Ryogoku Kokugikan.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/24134545trim.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/24134545trim-800x637.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"sumo fan gets a handshake\" width=\"800\" height=\"637\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/24134545trim-800x637.jpg 800w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/24134545trim-250x199.jpg 250w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/24134545trim.jpg 1129w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can watch the top <I>rikishi<\/I> enter the grounds between about 1 and 2:30 p.m. on the south side of the building. Fans are supposed to stay behind the blue cones, but this little guy ran out for a handshake. Neither the <I>rikishi<\/I> (this is Toyonoshima \u8c4a\u30ce\u5cf6) or security seemed to mind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some special events happen on the final day of a sumo tournament. One is a short demonstration or ceremony put on by the Yokozuna- and Ozeki-ranked rikishi before the final few bouts of the day. Above you can see Asashoryu, Kaio, and Harumafuji doing the sanyakusoroibumi (\u4e09\u5f79\u63c3\u3044\u8e0f\u307f) which includes shiko (\u56db\u80a1, ceremonial sumo leg raise [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[257,255,218],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4458"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4458"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6608,"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4458\/revisions\/6608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}