The pre-advance sales applications for the Natsu basho ticket lottery have started http://sumo.pia.jp/ticket05.jsp
The results are available a day before the advance sales start on Apr. 7th
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Last pics of doyho preparation
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today the dohyo matsuri
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the new face at this event: Endo
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and afterwards the yusho portrait presentation: Kakuryu and Tochinoshin
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an interview on the spot
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after that, the sumo lesson for all at the sumo school: with Isenoumi-beya's Kabutoyama-oyakata (Oikari) and heya manager Asasaka (left)
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oyakata were on public interest duty to clean the area around the kokugikan
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