Royal Rumble

Sumo’s greatest wrestlers are all here in Fukuoka for the last basho of the year – the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament. Since the previous tournament in Tokyo, all eyes are on yokozuna Asashoryo (who isn’t even Japanese, he’s Mongolian) to see whether he can achieve his seventh consecutive tournament win, something never done before in Sumo history.



I managed to get my hands on a complementary ticket to the opening ceremony today, and shared a box-seat with the other law LLM students. Great view, and it was a great experience as I saw sumo live and in its full glory.



'Are you sure about this, little one?'



The flags outside the Fukuoka Kokusai Sentaa each represent a sumo wrestler.



With some of the Law LLM students.