Monthly Archives: January 2018

Well, what a surprise. A low rank wrestler, Tochinoshin has raised the Emperors cup last night – from the European country of Georgia! 30 year old, 192cm, 177kg Tochinoshin (real name Levan Gorgadze) won the first tournament of the year – there are run 6 times over the year, every odd month. Tochinoshin looked like he was just going to be a having a normal tournament but after the first week, he was in the […]

One of the things we love here at Futons Japan is GRAND SUMO! Grand Sumo is a tournament that runs 6 times a year and this year’s season starts today! Each tournament  last for 15 days, with matches starting at 0930am for the junior wrestlers, with the seniors starting at 3pm  and ending in the early evening. Each player is aiming to win the Emperors cup – a massive silver trophy, along with various prizes […]

“akemashite-omedetou-gozaimasu,”  – Happy New in Japanese! Most business, including ours, closes several days over the new year period.  In most countries in the world, the New Year vacation is a nice public holiday – for the Japanese, it is the MOST important holiday and lost of people go to their local temples and religious place to pray for good health, wealth and a luck! The other most important part of their new year is, just […]