it's May tournament time and I'm obsessed

NHK World has highlights with commentators who can tell you what each move is

I dgaf about spors but sumo is...amazing, actually. wtf

ah man, when I was in Japan a few years ago, I wanted to go see a sumo match. If I ever go back it's on the list.

SAME thb

or tbh if I type right

but I saw a few sumo in the lobby of my hotel! they were wearing kimonos and it was amazing

omg

SO COOL

IT WAS SO COOL

they might have been guests too? not sure. maybe there WAS a tournament going on.

we were in Osaka just before the start of the March tournament, started watching highlights on tv as a joke and then we were watching for real and not ironically

did they do any hundred hand slaps

a few! I mean right now I'm watching today's highlights and there's a few frontal assaults like that

not even kidding, for real

it's one of those, you see things in games or anime and are like "it's not really like that, psh" and then you find out that it's actually pretty much like thatt

ohhhhhhhh my god

just saw one on the highlights, coincidentally

what's crazy right now is recognizing fighters we saw in the March tournament now in the May series in Tokyo.

because you're awesome

lies, lies and slander

tbh i was also into sumo when we had regular access to nhk world

That is exactly the same thought I had when I first got into the Sumo tournaments in September of '16

nhk wrorld is crack

ye

i would leave it on while i slept sometimes, because it's so pleasant

From Fez-o-Rama's Discord:
'...There is a Twitch channel that only shows sumo. It is live streaming the current basho (Jonidan, lowest ranks right now). Channel is named MidnightSumo. All in Japanese of course but the tesxt commentary includes wrestler names and other details posted by MidnightSumo and Mods.MidnightSumo - Twitch'

oh wow I had no idea

I don't twitch but my housemate might?? have an account??