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Find Your Favorite Wrestler at Morning Sumo Practice
Find Your Favorite Wrestler at Morning Sumo Practice
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” While shows feature humorous performances and audience interaction with wrestlers (performers), real practice is entirely different: all wrestlers belong to the Japan Sumo Association and are focused solely on climbing the ranks through relentless training.
ers), real practice is entirely different: all wrestlers belong to the Japan Sumo Association and are focused solely on climbing the ranks through relentless training. The stable you visit has two top-division wrestlers—watch how grueling it is for lower-ranked wrestlers to challenge them. Though the atmosphere during practice is intense and unapproachable, once off the ring the wrestlers are friendly, and you can take commemorative photos with them.