Sumoo!

Tis the season for Sumoo! Every year in November, they have a tournament in Fukuoka. This year, Zack got to come see it, too. Basically, two teams of wrestlers face off, and every wrestler on one team has one match with every wrestler on the other team over the course of two weeks. This year, we went about halfway through the tournament. It was a lot of fun. Here's one of the teams:

The matches all take place under this roof because sumoo used to be a purely religious event (Shinto). There's still a lot of ceremony involved.

Before each match, the wrestlers face off like this:

And here's an action shot:

I think this year's matches were potentially better than last year's even. Twice, the judges had to get together and confer before picking a winner. Once, they decided to have a do over. It was really quite exciting to watch.