to his active involvement in his church community.

Vancouver ArchivesJapanese women and girls performing in a parade down Powell Street.Thats the story of Vancouver Sumo: against the odds.

the Japanese Canadian community association Tonari Gumi founded the Powell Street Festival to celebrate the spirit of Vancouvers historic Japanese Canadian neighborhood.The opponents lean heavily on each other and toward the centre.and folklore in many rural regions of Japan note womens sumo as a way to pray for rain.

Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh nations.tournaments were frequent and well-attended.

Sumo wrestlers need a combination of strength.

Sumo Sundays website also acknowledges that training takes place within the former 100-mile exclusion zone that Japanese Canadians were forbidden to enter during WWII as well as on the unceded traditional territories of the Musqueam.Furumoto represented the 221 students in the regular course.

where he set up the first Japanese-language program at a U.and there were many rattlesnakes in the area.

I am forever grateful to have participated in the program as I have also maintained contact with some members of the group such as J.Follett in 2019 at age 91 marked the end of an era.