Sumo and the city: Why Londoners are falling for the ancient sport
It’s the calm before the stomp. In just a few weeks, the Royal Albert Hall will be filled with a clay circular ring covered in a layer of sand.
Over 40 Japanese juggernauts, all sporting greased-back topknots, boasting bulging bellies and weighing in at well over 300 pounds, will aim to slam each other to the ground, winning the plaudits of a palpable (and, probably by this point, vibrating) crowd.
The Grand Sumo Tournament, taking place from Wednesday 15 to Sunday 19 October 2025, is being hosted outside of Japan for the first time in 20 years. This milestone moment marks a bigger trend: sumo is having a moment right now.
We see lots of people who seem to have adopted the sumo look, both male and female. Not sure if the tattoos are supposed to be part of it.
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I had read that they need budding Sumo minions who clean the body parts that they can not get round to.
A good few years ago Channel 4 had a long running series of genuine Sumo matches. Some men from South Pacific Islands were sucessful, for the same reason they were good at rugby.
It was intelligently commentated (? even such a word?) ( totally unlike every other sport shown on telivision) and became very popular. Too good to last.
Doonhamer - I remember watching a Sumo documentary some years ago but don't recall them mentioning the body parts bit. It's the obesity problem we don't talk about.
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