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To watch sumo live in Japan, plan around one of the six honbasho (grand tournaments) held each year. Three are in Tokyo at the Ryogoku Kokugikan (January, May and September), the others in Osaka (March), Nagoya (July) and Fukuoka (Novemb...

Sumo rules come down to one short contest with one goal: force your opponent out of the ring, or make any part of his body other than the soles of his feet touch the ground. Whoever does that first wins. There are no rounds and no points...