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Grand Sumo tournament in Tokyo. Sumo is a traditional and national sport, and the bouts are accompanied by old rites and ceremonies. The ring on which they take place is called the dohyo. These wrestlers are crouched and waiting in what is called the shikiri, while the gyoji, or referee, watches closely.

"Where is this young gallant that is so desirous to lie with his mother earth?"
(Shakespeare)