Very early in the day’s matches before most the the crowd arrived, I managed to get up close to the action on the stadium floor. Here’s one entire low-level sumo match.
Pardon the occasional manic shaking and the salary man that walks in front of the camera. I was worried enough about being out of place in a Japanese arena that I didn’t stick around to film a second match.
Point of interest: the costumes of the referees are said to mimic the dress of the medieval Ashikaga shogun era.
I always found this sport wicked, weird… Gosh ,what they must go through to make their bodies look like this…
I briefly visited Osaka back in 1999. It was very long time ago… impressive architecture surrounded me as I entered the city on the JR train from Kyoto.
I saw very little of Osaka, in fact, using it mainly as a base for daytrips to other areas in Kansai. The sumo, weird as it was, may actually have been the highlight of my time there.