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The Grand Sumo Tournament ( Basho)
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When:
Jul 13, 2008
- Jul 27, 2008
Where: Aichi Perfectual Gymnasium, Japan
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The Grand Sumo Tournament (Bash) is held, yearly, in Tokyo. Sumo's wrestling is known in Japan as an ancient sport which, now days, is part of the totality traditional and nationality Japanese uniqueness.
The wrestlings which take place in May are the greatest in the world. In the annual wrestling, six tournaments take place where in each of it, every wrestler competes in fifteen competitions. The competitor who achieves most of the points is the one who win the competition. The competition's judgment is based on rules and laws on the way the wrestling should be carried on.
The wrestling is between two big body wrestlers. The Sumo wrestlers build their bodies with a special diet. The wrestlers wear special traditional belt name Mawashi on their waist line. The fights takes place in a round ring made of sand and clay. Its diameter is 14.93 feet (4.55 m). The margins' ring are delimit by a rope made of rice fibers. Inside the ring, two white lines are painted, which the wrestlers are not allowed to cross, to mark the start position of the competitors.
According to tradition, salt is being spread on the ring as a good luck and success sign. Every wrestler has to push the other one out of the ring where the brushed sand that was spread around makes it easy for the judge to determine whether a wrestler has touched his foot, or another part of his body, outside the ring.
The spectator is guaranteed a unique sportive experience that hardly can be
found outside Japan.
2008 Grand Tournament Schedule:
January 2008 Tournament
Venue:Kokugikan
When: January 13,2008 - January 27,2008
March 2008 Tournament
Venue: Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium
When: March 9,2008 - March 23,2008
May 2008 Tournament
Venue: Kokugikan
When: May 11,2008 - May 25,2008
July 2008 Tournament
Venue:Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium
When: July 13,2008 - July 27,2008
September 2008 Tournament
Venue:Kokugikan
When: Seprember 14,2008 - September 28,2008
November 2008 Tournament
Venue:Fukuoka Kokusai Center
When: November 9,2008 - Neovember 23,2008
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Country background and overview:
In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Following the Treaty of Kanagawa with the US in 1854, Japan opened its ports and began to intensively modernize and industrialize. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Japan became a regional power that was able to defeat the forces of both China and Russia. It occupied Korea, Formosa (Taiwan), and southern Sakhalin Island.
In 1931-32 Japan occupied Manchuria, and in 1937 it launched a full-scale invasion of China. Japan attacked US forces in 1941 - triggering America's entry into World War II - and soon occupied much of East and Southeast Asia. After its defeat in World War II, Japan recovered to become an economic power and a staunch ally of the US. While the emperor retains his throne as a symbol of national unity, actual power rests in networks of powerful politicians, bureaucrats, and business executives.
The economy experienced a major slowdown starting in the 1990s following three decades of unprecedented growth, but Japan still remains a major economic power, both in Asia and globally. In 2005, Japan began a two-year term as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council.
[Courtesy of The World Factbook]
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 Location: Eastern Asia, island chain between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan, east of the Korean Peninsula. |
Languages:
Japanese |
Climate:
Varies from tropical in south to cool temperate in north . |
Capital:
Tokyo |
Time Zone:
UTC+9 |
Currency (code):
yen (JPY) |
Call Code:
+81 |
Electric Power:
100V 50/60 Hz |
Tourist office:
Japan National Tourist, Organisation Tokyo Kotsu Kaikan Building, 10th Floor, 2-10-1 Yuraku-Cho,
Chiyodaku, Tokyo 100-0006, Japan.
Tel: (81) 3 3201 3331
Fax: (81) 3 3201 3347 |
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