Sumo is an all day event in Japan. They start in the morning and go until the late afternoon/evening, with the undercard matches at the beginning of the day, leading up to the headliner as the final match. People make a total day of it and bring in box lunches, and big bottles of beer and sake. The funny thing is, the "box seats (which i deceptively got roped into buying - each box is supposed to hold four people)" are about 4 ft. x 4 ft. So picture these enormous dudes in wrestling and then all these Japanese people crammed into little tiny squares, getting totally shitfaced as the day goes on.
That's got good times written all over it.
At the beginning of each set of matches, the wrestlers come out and parade around the ring. These guys are the upper echelon wrestlers, big wrasslin' dudes wearing fancy aprons.
Each match begins with the wrestlers taking to their corners to get their minds in a zen-like state before the whoop ass commences. There's a lot of pomp and ceremony in sumo, which by far outlasts the actual match (usually only 10 seconds). Check out the chops on this guy!
Hey dude, you got some wicked camel-toe in your butt.
Asashoryu, the reigning champ. Face like an angel.
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