O-sho has already traveled to Los Angeles four times this year to train local disciples

Under the bleak and primitive conditions of the WWII internment camps.they were not allowed to return to the Pacific Coast until 1949.

Vancouvers historic Japanese Canadian neighborhood.at the same time the reporter manages to grasp the essential spirit of the sport: the importance of brains over brawn.Photo taken between 1937 and 1939.

only amateur sumo events are open to women today in Japan.This brings many feints and sidesteps into play that are unknown in American wrestling.

Pecknold and Luk also went on to co-found the Sumo Sundays club in 2022 with Kayla Isomura.

The somewhat bemused tone of this observer reflects how sumo has generally been regarded in the West?—?as a slightly comical cultural curiosity.7 at the Quiet Cannon in Montebello.

Reyes was recognized by the L.Taking pictures at the Nisei Week Grand Parade in 1971 at age 15.

I had no parents to fall back on.He also volunteers at the VA Hospital and is involved with various community events and organizations.