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Ex-wrestlers entertain tourists with sumo demonstrations in new Tokyo venue

Beneath the vaulted roof of Yokozuna Tonkatsu Dosukoi Tanaka, patrons pay 11,000 yen ($76) to eat breaded pork cutlets before watching and joining wrestlers in a sumo ring. Ohtori spent his two-decade sumo career struggling for wins so he could to move up the ranks of Japan's traditional sport, but now he is fighting to entertain a different crowd: curious tourists.

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Ex-wrestlers entertain tourists with sumo demonstrations in new Tokyo venue

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  1. Ex-wrestlers entertain tourists with sumo demonstrations in new Tokyo venue

  2. Former sumo wrestlers Kotoohtori, 40, and Towanoyama, 45, engage in sparring before tourists from abroad, on the sumo ring at Yokozuna Tonkatsu Dosukoi Tanaka in Tokyo, Japan June 30.   REUTERS/Issei Kato

  3. Theo, a 9-year-old child from Australia, tries to spar against former sumo wrestlers Kotoohtori and Towanoyama on the sumo ring before tourists from abroad, at Yokozuna Tonkatsu Dosukoi Tanaka in Tokyo, Japan June 30.   REUTERS/Issei Kato

  4. Mason, a 10-year-old child from the U.S., wearing a sumo wrestler costume, tries to spar against former sumo wrestler Towanoyama on the sumo ring, before tourists from abroad, at Yokozuna Tonkatsu Dosukoi Tanaka in Tokyo, Japan June 30.

  5. Tourists from abroad wait for Yokozuna Tonkatsu Dosukoi Tanaka, a sumo wrestling themed restaurant to open, in Tokyo, Japan June 30.   REUTERS/Issei Kato

  6. Theo, a 9-year-old child from Australia, tries to spar against former sumo wrestler Towanoyama on the sumo ring before tourists from abroad, at Yokozuna Tonkatsu Dosukoi Tanaka in Tokyo, Japan June 30.   REUTERS/Issei Kato

  7. An employee of Yokozuna Tonkatsu Dosukoi Tanaka, a sumo wrestling themed restaurant, serves Tonkatsu or breaded pork cutlets to tourists from abroad, in Tokyo, Japan June 30.   REUTERS/Issei Kato

  8. A tourist wearing a sumo wrestler costume, tries to spar against former sumo wrestler Towanoyama, on the sumo ring before tourists from abroad, at Yokozuna Tonkatsu Dosukoi Tanaka in Tokyo, Japan June 30.   REUTERS/Issei Kato

  9. Former sumo wrestlers Kotoohtori, 40, and Towanoyama, 45, pose for a photograph with a tourist from the U.S., who is wearing a sumo wrestler costume, on the sumo ring at Yokozuna Tonkatsu Dosukoi Tanaka in Tokyo, Japan June 30. REUTERS/Issei Kato

  10. Former sumo wrestlers Kotoohtori, 40, and Towanoyama, 45, engage in sparring before tourists from abroad, on the sumo ring at Yokozuna Tonkatsu Dosukoi Tanaka in Tokyo, Japan June 30.   REUTERS/Issei Kato

  11. Former sumo wrestler Kotoohtori shows his stretching skills before tourists from abroad, during his sumo demonstration on the sumo ring at Yokozuna Tonkatsu Dosukoi Tanaka in Tokyo, Japan June 30.   REUTERS/Issei Kato

  12. Former sumo wrestlers Kotoohtori, 40, and Towanoyama, 45, hold sumo demonstrations before tourists from abroad, on the sumo ring at Yokozuna Tonkatsu Dosukoi Tanaka in Tokyo, Japan June 30.   REUTERS/Issei Kato

  13. Nadine, a 43-year-old tourist from the U.S., wearing a sumo wrestler costume, tries to spar against former sumo wrestler Towanoyama on the sumo ring before tourists from abroad, at Yokozuna Tonkatsu Dosukoi Tanaka in Tokyo, Japan June 30.

  14. Nadine, a 43-year-old tourist from the U.S., wearing a sumo wrestler costume, tries to spar against former sumo wrestler Towanoyama on the sumo ring before tourists from abroad, at Yokozuna Tonkatsu Dosukoi Tanaka in Tokyo, Japan June 30, 2023.

  15. Former sumo wrestlers Kotoohtori, 40, and Towanoyama, 45, demonstrate a sumo ritual with a Mexican tourist, who is wearing a sumo wrestler costume, on the sumo ring at Yokozuna Tonkatsu Dosukoi Tanaka in Tokyo, Japan June 30. REUTERS/Issei Kato

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