Sumo wrestling Osaka Phase !

sumo wrestler flag

sumo wrestler flag and 鳥居, gate of shirine

took on Feburary 2005

the troop of sumo wrestlers come to Osaka to play Sumo wrestling at Osaka annually.

Osaka is one of the place Sumo wrestling held at spring in Japan. So many japanese call this phase as 春場所, spring phase. I am gettng excited when the season of sumo wrestling comes because I can meet real sumo wrestler on the street. fortunately, I live near sumo wrestlers' house.

when they come to Osaka, some low class wrestlers wearing 着物, KIMONO ride on the train. i saw a wrestler try to make the chubby body, smaller. That move made me feel to laugh many times. but only at that moment i felt special because i could get a smell of Sumo wrestlers' special hair wax. there is rare chance for japanese people to smell it. Because the smell is one of the additional thing when you got a seat of it ,which is too expensive to get .

i often saw the chubby sumo wreslter wearing fitting suits with sports logo like NIKE riding bicycle. the rubber of the wheel was pressed by weight of sumo wreslters so the rubber touch on ground became wider than normal size. When i saw that moves, i wanted to encourage to the bicycle he rode.

there are many things happen in Osaka when the sumo wrestlers campaigns come into Osaka.

thank you for reading .... take care