jungyō 巡業
A regional tour between tournaments.
Jungyō are the regional tours that take sumo on the road between tournaments, in April, August, October and December. A tour day runs from about 9am to 3pm. It starts with morning training you can watch and builds to the ring-entering ceremonies and top-division bouts, with comic sumo and folk songs along the way.
Related words
- shokkiri 初っ切り
- Comic sumo that shows off the banned moves.
- sumō jinku 相撲甚句
- Sumo folk songs sung by the wrestlers.
- keiko 稽古
- Training. In a stable it starts early, around 6am.
- hanazumō 花相撲
- Exhibition sumo that doesn't affect rank.