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  • 'Baruto' (Kaido Höövelson) leaving on the 14th day of the controversial Nagoya summer Grand Sumo Tournament.
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  • The gold hat man is becoming legendary in Japan as he seems to attend every day of every sumo tournament. He enthusiastically follows the sport and is often seen the the crowd during every tournament, wearing his gold hat and waving his gold fan.
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  • Bulgarian Kotooshu (Kaloyan Stefanov Mahlyanov; right, black mawashi) ahead of a bout with Estonian Baruto (Kaido Höövelson; left, blue mawashi) in the controversial Nagoya summer Grand Sumo Tournament held on the 14th and second final day.
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  • A bout in the controversial Nagoya summer Grand Sumo Tournament held on the 14th and second final day.
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  • A bout in the controversial Nagoya summer Grand Sumo Tournament held on the 14th and second final day.
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  • A bout in the controversial Nagoya summer Grand Sumo Tournament held on the 14th and second final day.
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  • A bout in the controversial Nagoya summer Grand Sumo Tournament held on the 14th and second final day.
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  • The wrestling ring (Dohyo) is covered and guarded at the end of the day in the controversial Nagoya summer Grand Sumo Tournament held on the 14th and second final day.
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  • Yokuzuna ranked Mongolian Hakuho (Mönkhbatyn Davaajargal; left), and Ozeki ranked fellow-Mongolian Harumafuji (Davaanyamyn Byambadorj, right) before a bout in the controversial Nagoya summer Grand Sumo Tournament held on the 14th and second final day.
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  • Bulgarian Kotooshu (Kaloyan Stefanov Mahlyanov; right, black mawashi) ahead of a bout with Estonian Baruto (Kaido Höövelson; left, blue mawashi) in the controversial Nagoya summer Grand Sumo Tournament held on the 14th and second final day.
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  • A bout in the controversial Nagoya summer Grand Sumo Tournament held on the 14th and second final day.
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  • A bout in the controversial Nagoya summer Grand Sumo Tournament held on the 14th and second final day.
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  • Judges conferring their decision after a bout in the controversial Nagoya summer Grand Sumo Tournament held on the 14th and second final day.
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  • A bout in the controversial Nagoya summer Grand Sumo Tournament held on the 14th and second final day.
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  • A bout in the controversial Nagoya summer Grand Sumo Tournament held on the 14th and second final day.
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  • A bout in the controversial Nagoya summer Grand Sumo Tournament held on the 14th and second final day.
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  • A bout in the controversial Nagoya summer Grand Sumo Tournament held on the 14th and second final day.
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  • Tickets were all sold out on the 14th and second last day of the controversial Nagoya summer Grand Sumo Tournament.
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  • Hakuho performs the Yokuzuna ring-entering ceremony ahead of these wrestlers' bouts in the controversial Nagoya summer Grand Sumo Tournament held on the 14th and second final day.
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  • Hakuho performs the Yokuzuna ring-entering ceremony ahead of these wrestlers' bouts in the controversial Nagoya summer Grand Sumo Tournament held on the 14th and second final day.
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  • The ring-entering ceremony ahead of these wrestlers' bouts in the controversial Nagoya summer Grand Sumo Tournament held on the 14th and second final day.
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  • A bout in the controversial Nagoya summer Grand Sumo Tournament held on the 14th and second final day.
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  • The ring-entering ceremony ahead of these wrestlers' bouts in the controversial Nagoya summer Grand Sumo Tournament held on the 14th and second final day.
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  • Sumo fans watching their favourite wreslters depart in cars in the controversial Nagoya summer Grand Sumo Tournament held on the 14th and second final day.
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  • The 'winners and losers board' in the controversial Nagoya summer Grand Sumo Tournament shows on the left the wrestlers who have withdrawn from the tournament, in most cases due to illegal gambling activity, not to injury.
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  • Yokuzuna ranked Mongolian Hakuho (Mönkhbatyn Davaajargal; left) after winning a bout against Ozeki ranked fellow-Mongolian Harumafuji (Davaanyamyn Byambadorj, right) in the controversial Nagoya summer Grand Sumo Tournament held on the 14th and second final day.
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  • Yokuzuna ranked Mongolian Hakuho (Mönkhbatyn Davaajargal; left) wins a bout against Ozeki ranked fellow-Mongolian Harumafuji (Davaanyamyn Byambadorj, right) in the controversial Nagoya summer Grand Sumo Tournament held on the 14th and second final day.
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  • Yokuzuna ranked Mongolian Hakuho (Mönkhbatyn Davaajargal; left), and Ozeki ranked fellow-Mongolian Harumafuji (Davaanyamyn Byambadorj, right) losing in a bout in the controversial Nagoya summer Grand Sumo Tournament held on the 14th and second final day.
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  • Yokuzuna ranked Mongolian Hakuho (Mönkhbatyn Davaajargal; left), and Ozeki ranked fellow-Mongolian Harumafuji (Davaanyamyn Byambadorj, right) in a bout in the controversial Nagoya summer Grand Sumo Tournament held on the 14th and second final day.
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  • Yokuzuna ranked Mongolian Hakuho (Mönkhbatyn Davaajargal; left), and Ozeki ranked fellow-Mongolian Harumafuji (Davaanyamyn Byambadorj, right) before a bout in the controversial Nagoya summer Grand Sumo Tournament held on the 14th and second final day.
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  • Yokuzuna ranked Mongolian Hakuho (Mönkhbatyn Davaajargal; left), and Ozeki ranked fellow-Mongolian Harumafuji (Davaanyamyn Byambadorj, right) head of a bout in the controversial Nagoya summer Grand Sumo Tournament held on the 14th and second final day.
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  • A bout in the controversial Nagoya summer Grand Sumo Tournament held on the 14th and second final day.
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  • Assistants cleaning the ring after a bout in the controversial Nagoya summer Grand Sumo Tournament held on the 14th and second final day.
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  • A bout in the controversial Nagoya summer Grand Sumo Tournament held on the 14th and second final day.
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  • A bout in the controversial Nagoya summer Grand Sumo Tournament held on the 14th and second final day.
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  • A bout in the controversial Nagoya summer Grand Sumo Tournament held on the 14th and second final day.
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  • A bout in the controversial Nagoya summer Grand Sumo Tournament held on the 14th and second final day.
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  • A bout in the controversial Nagoya summer Grand Sumo Tournament held on the 14th and second final day.
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  • A bout in the controversial Nagoya summer Grand Sumo Tournament held on the 14th and second final day.
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  • A bout in the controversial Nagoya summer Grand Sumo Tournament held on the 14th and second final day.
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  • A bout in the controversial Nagoya summer Grand Sumo Tournament held on the 14th and second final day.
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  • A bout in the controversial Nagoya summer Grand Sumo Tournament held on the 14th and second final day.
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  • The wrestling ring (Dohyo) is covered and guarded at the end of the day in the controversial Nagoya summer Grand Sumo Tournament held on the 14th and second final day.
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  • Bulgarian Kotooshu (Kaloyan Stefanov Mahlyanov; right, black mawashi) ahead of a bout with Estonian Baruto (Kaido Höövelson; left, blue mawashi) in the controversial Nagoya summer Grand Sumo Tournament held on the 14th and second final day.
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  • A bout in the controversial Nagoya summer Grand Sumo Tournament held on the 14th and second final day.
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  • A bout in the controversial Nagoya summer Grand Sumo Tournament held on the 14th and second final day.
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  • A bout in the controversial Nagoya summer Grand Sumo Tournament held on the 14th and second final day.
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  • A bout in the controversial Nagoya summer Grand Sumo Tournament held on the 14th and second final day.
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  • A bout in the controversial Nagoya summer Grand Sumo Tournament held on the 14th and second final day.
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  • The ring-entering ceremony ahead of these wrestlers' bouts in the controversial Nagoya summer Grand Sumo Tournament held on the 14th and second final day.
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  • A horse that got over the mound at the annual Shinto Tado Horse Festival.
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  • A horse that got over the mound at the annual Shinto Tado Horse Festival.
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  • A horse that got over the mound at the annual Shinto Tado Horse Festival.
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  • Breaking the mound for the horses to get over at the Tado Horse Festival.
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  • Tado Horse Festival: Horses are raced up a steep slope and over this obstacle. If the horses can make it over, then this heralds a good rice harvest later in the year.
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  • The mound-obstacle  at the end of the day at the annual Tado Horse Festival.
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  • Horses at the Tado Horse Festival need to race up a steep slope and get over this mound, and these men support the horse and rider giving all assistance possible to see that the horse can get over. If the horse can get over, then this would be a good omen for the rice harvest later in the year.
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  • A horse that had failed to get over a mound-obstacle during the annual Tado Horse Festival is taken up to a Temple.
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  • A horse that had failed to get over a mound-obstacle during the annual Tado Horse Festival is taken up to a Temple.
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