We all know Ryogoku is sacred ground for sumo wrestlers, but this is bordering on ridiculous!
rikishi
What the heck is this huge sumo wrestler doing at Ryogoku Station in Tokyo?
-
Oona McGee
May 24, 2023 - Tweet
- Japan
- (advertising • COK • Japanese train stations • Japanese trains • Kokugikan • marketing • Netflix • rikishi • Ryogoku • sanctuary • SNJO • Sumo • sumo tournaments • sumo wrestler • Tokyo • train stations • trains • TV series)
Join the hordes of net users giggling at GIFs of sumo wrestlers performing comedic moves【Videos】
-
Krista Rogers
Oct 5, 2015
Unless you’re striving to become one of the big guys yourself, you may not have much connection to the world of professional sumo. As an ancient sport with plenty of ritual elements, the wrestlers, known as rikishi in Japanese, have a highly regimented training lifestyle. With all those rules, it’s certainly easy to overlook the comedic side of sumo.
Wait, there’s a comedic side to sumo?
MOST POPULAR
Now
- Foreigner’s request for help in Tokyo makes us sad for the state of society
- Historical figures get manga makeovers from artists of Spy x Family, My Hero Academia and more
- McDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
- Red light district sushi restaurant in Tokyo shows us just how wrong we were about it
- Anime girl English teacher Ellen-sensei becomes VTuber/VVTUber and NFT
- Celebrate another year of life by putting it in jeopardy with this birthday candle flower
- Japan’s massive matcha parfait weighs 6 kilos, contains hidden surprises for anyone who eats it
- Sandwiches fit for a sumo served up in Osaka【Taste Test】
- Tokyo Tsukiji fish market site to be redeveloped with 50,000-seat stadium, hotel, shopping center
- A Gintama fan’s emotional 19-year journey to buy a proper Lake Toya bokuto wooden katana【Pics】
Weekly
- McDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
- Japanese ramen restaurants under pressure from new yen banknotes
- All-you-can-drink Starbucks and amazing views part of Tokyo’s new 170 meter-high sky lounge
- French Fries Bread in Tokyo’s Shibuya becomes a hit on social media
- Studio Ghibli releases new action figures featuring Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind characters
- New private rooms on Tokaido Shinkansen change the way we travel from Tokyo to Kyoto
- Red light district sushi restaurant in Tokyo shows us just how wrong we were about it
- Studio Ghibli glasses cases let anime characters keep an eye on your spectacles
- Tokyo Tsukiji fish market site to be redeveloped with 50,000-seat stadium, hotel, shopping center
- Beautiful Ghibli sealing wax kits let you create accessories and elegant letter decorations【Pics】
Monthly
- McDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
- Studio Ghibli releases Kiki’s Delivery Service chocolate cake pouches in Japan
- New definition of “Japanese whiskey” goes into effect to prevent fakes from fooling overseas buyers
- Our Japanese reporter visits Costco in the U.S., finds super American and very Japanese things
- Studio Ghibli unveils Mother’s Day gift set that captures the love in My Neighbour Totoro
- Japanese ramen restaurants under pressure from new yen banknotes
- New Japanese KitKat flavour stars Sanrio characters, including Hello Kitty
- All-you-can-drink Starbucks and amazing views part of Tokyo’s new 170 meter-high sky lounge
- More foreign tourists than ever before in history visited Japan last month
- New Pokémon cakes let you eat your way through Pikachu and all the Eevee evolutions
Yearly
- McDonald’s new Happy Meals offer up cute and practical Sanrio lifestyle goods
- Sales of Japan’s most convenient train ticket/shopping payment cards suspended indefinitely
- Sold-out Studio Ghibli desktop humidifiers are back so Totoro can help you through the dry season
- Japanese government to make first change to romanization spelling rules since the 1950s
- Ghibli founders Toshio Suzuki and Hayao Miyazaki contribute to Japanese whisky Totoro label design
- Doraemon found buried at sea as scene from 1993 anime becomes real life【Photos】
- Tokyo’s most famous Starbucks is closed
- One Piece characters’ nationalities revealed, but fans have mixed opinions
- We asked a Uniqlo employee what four things we should buy and their suggestions didn’t disappoint
- Princesses, fruits, and blacksmiths: Study reveals the 30 most unusual family names in Japan
RECOMMENDED STORIES
- Celebrate another year of life by putting it in jeopardy with this birthday candle flower
- Japan’s massive matcha parfait weighs 6 kilos, contains hidden surprises for anyone who eats it
- Sandwiches fit for a sumo served up in Osaka【Taste Test】
- Tokyo Tsukiji fish market site to be redeveloped with 50,000-seat stadium, hotel, shopping center
- A Gintama fan’s emotional 19-year journey to buy a proper Lake Toya bokuto wooden katana【Pics】
- McDonald’s Japan releases a pancake pie for new retro kissaten coffeeshop series
- Japanese ramen restaurants under pressure from new yen banknotes
- Limited-edition Carbonara Udon will anger noodle purists and pasta lovers 【Taste test】
- Is it OK to split the bill on a date in Japan? Survey asks what women and men of different ages think
- Akihabara pop-up shop sells goods made by Japanese prison inmates
- Haku is…Chihiro’s dead brother? Studio Ghibli fans blown away by Spirited Away theory
- Official Star Wars Ukiyo-e is back for Round 2!
- Studio Ghibli releases new action figures featuring Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind characters
- Pokémon fan 3-D prints a life-size Charmander, takes it camping【Photos, video】
-
Categories
Archives