If any sumo fans are visiting Japan over the next month, check the summer Jungyo schedule for events near you! The tour will take our travelling troupe of t-restlers on an extensive, month long trip around the country. A few stops are around Tokyo and the Kanto region but the tour extends as far north as Hokkaido. Yusho-holder Mitakeumi will be welcomed home in Nagano on August 5 & 6.
Andy, can u email me your email address? i’ve gone into the Sapporo dates and did a google translate of majority of the details on your link. it makes for an interesting read. i’ve got it saved as a pdf document so i’ll email it to you and let you work out how to turn it into a blog post for sharing ;-) Den
26 dates- that’s five more that last year. Great for the fans, but not so great for the wrestlers.
If jungyo is less intense than keiko, it may be a nice break.