The 5th Hamamatsu Grand Sumo Tournament: Popular sumo wrestlers gather at Hamamatsu Arena! Grand Sumo Regional Tour

On Wednesday, October 16, 2019, I attended the 5th Grand Sumo Tournament Hamamatsu Shusse Basho, a regional sumo tour organized by Shizuoka Shimbun, Shizuoka Broadcasting, and SBS Promotion, held at Hamamatsu Arena! Regional sumo tours offer opportunities to observe and learn about the wrestlers through public practice sessions and matches...

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An annual ikebana exhibition held at Ninna-ji Temple, the head temple of the Omuro-ryu school of ikebana in Kyoto.

The Omuro-ryu school of flower arrangement, whose founder was Emperor Uda (Emperor Kanpyo), the 59th emperor and first head priest of Ninna-ji Temple in Kyoto (a World Heritage Site), is holding its annual "National Flower Arrangement Competition Dedicated to the Founder," which will be its 101st year this year. (Information available...).

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