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Autumn
festival season has started. We hear the sound of Japanese flute and dram in
many towns in the weekend at this season, as some of shrines or temples in the
regions have festivals. The autumn festival originally began to thank god the
harvest of the year.
I
visited Setagaya Hachiman Shrine. The festival here is unique as it has special
sumo plays.
The sumo
wrestlers are from Tokyo University of Agriculture. They are top-level student
sumo wrestlers and some of them may become professional wrestlers. Some members
were from Mongolia.
Sumo
ring was properly arranged. There were hundreds of audiences surrounding the
ring.
There
were various kinds of matches – singles match, group tournament, kinds of
knockout competitions etc. Heavy sounds spread when wrestlers’ big bodies
crash.
It was
so interesting and I dove into watching the plays for about two hours.
Not everyone was in sumo site. There were many visitors walking in the shrine.
Open-air
stalls were open. Kids were enjoying tasting sweets and playing the gold fish-catching games.
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