Have you ever seen a sumo match?

Have you ever seen a sumo match?
On Sunday 8th February, we watched a professional sumo wrestling competition at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan sumo hall!
Unlike normal, where the wrestlers tour Japan for their matches, this was a one day tournament.
Other than the tournament, there was also a Children VS Wrestlers competition and a Comic Sumo performance full of gags. It was a really fun event.

During the tournament, we got all our students to answer our Sumo Quiz. The award for the winner was a 2015 Sumo Calendar. The present came from one of our Coto Japanese Academy staff members, Kimie Abo.
Kimie Abo   https://cotoacademy.com/about/kimie-abo/
Her father is a former sumo wrestler!
A live sumo match is intense and full of Japanese tradition. Students said it was fun, and that they wanted to take their families to see it.

Those who missed out, make sure you come along next year!
An apology: The tickets sold out very quickly, so we are really very sorry to those on the waiting list who couldn’t go in the end.
We’ll all go together next year.