Japan's Su-mo

     Su-mo is sport to have history more than 1500 years ago. Now, It was representive

 sport of Japan from early 20th century. It was recoded in 642 A.D.  It was event that

 predicted bumper year  or reqeusted meaning of god.



     Meanwhile, It had become court ceremony in early 9th century and

had character of effective martial arts as warrior political power. After then, Su-mo

became known a performance on ancestral ritual formalities. And it became a performance

that was commercialized as a spectacle of world people




      Today, Su-mo event held in sixth a year. It took place in Don-gyung on Jan ,

 May and Sept. Also, It did in Osaka on March and did in Nagoya on July and

 did in Hukuoka on November. Start of competition took place second Sunday

on odd month and is ened on forth Sunday.