By KOICHIRO YOSHIDA/ Staff Writer
December 7, 2023 at 07:00 JST
A visitor to Japan in a mock rikishi costume poses for a commemorative photo with former professional wrestlers, after “challenging” one of them, during a sumo show in Tokyo’s Sumida Ward on Nov. 15. (Koichiro Yoshida)
In a dohyo ring, Jokoryu, a former komusubi, and Matsunoumi, previously a rikishi in the third-lowest “sandanme” division, prepared to square off to the delight of foreign and other visitors. [Read More]
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