Kokugikan To Host Sumo Event in April, Proceeds Dedicated to Noto Peninsula Earthquake Recovery

Kyokai’s April Jungyo Calendar

The headline says it all. The Japan Sumo Association announced plans to hold a special sumo event (Kanjin Zumo) at Kokugikan on April 16, in the midst of their hefty jungyo schedule. The tour will have returned to the Kanto region several days prior, and will be holding a jungyo event in Tokyo at Yasukuni Shrine on the 15th. Many of the details are still to-be-determined but the proceeds will benefit Ishikawa Earthquake recovery. Several wrestlers are from Ishikawa, including Endo, from the hard-hit town of Anamizu. Kagayaki and Enho are also from Ishikawa while Asanoyama is from neighboring Toyama and has worked to raise money for the recovery.

Another Earthquake

A few hours ago there was another earthquake in roughly the same area as the previous ones. This map from the United States Geological Survey shows just how many there have been over the past two days. All of these are greater than 4.5 Magnitude. Japan has a different scale that goes to 7 and it varies based on where one is from where the quake hits. My thoughts and prayers are with those of you all there in Kumamoto.

To give some frame of reference, Kumamoto is about 1200km from Tokyo…about the same distance as Jacksonville, FL from Washington, DC.

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