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Sumo tournaments are held in January, May, and September at the Kuramae Kokugikan in Tokyo, during March in Osaka, in July in Nagoya, and in November in Fukuoka (Kyushu).
Sumo wrestlers and Kabuki actors were the celebrities, and artists advertised their prowess in cheap color woodblock prints (see Katsukawa Shun'ei's The Sumo Wrestlers Kajihama and Jinmaku , circa 1790, and Toshusai Sharaku's The Kabuki Actor Otani Oniji III as the Servant Edohei , 1794).
Besides the main hall and the hall of worship, the shrine complex includes a noh theater stage, a sumo wrestling ring, several teahouses, and the Yushukan museum of war memorabilia.
If you think fanatical following accorded baseball suggests that Japanese society is hopelessly Americanized, you should see what happens when a 15-day sumo wrestling tournament is held in cities around the country.
Of the traditional Japanese sports, sumo wrestling is the most popular.