Summer 2019 Sumo Stable Visit

From July 7th onward, many sumo wrestlers have come to Nagoya for the Nagoya Tournament. Today, interested students were invited to observe a morning practice session at Chiganoura Stable!

A sumo tournament is called a "basho." Sumo is most often held in Tokyo, but every summer there is a tournament in Nagoya, called the Nagoya Basho. The place where sumo wrestlers (the people who do sumo) practice is called a "heya" (stable). And sumo practice is called "keiko."

After visiting the sumo stable, we ate Nagoya's casual local food, "yakisoba-iri tamasen" (noodles in a fried egg cracker). The shop owner was kind enough to let us try making tamasen ourselves!

We also tasted ramune (a Japanese soda) for the first time — it was so much fun!