Though you wouldn¡¯t know it after a heavy snow storm rolled through Tokyo earlier this week, winter is almost over.
In just a matter of weeks, spring will be here, and with it the usual flurry of graduation ceremonies, moves to new schools and companies and preparations for cherry blossom-viewing parties.
March in sumo means the Osaka tournament. With spring traditionally marking the start of the new year in many cultures around the world, it¡¯s fitting that Kansai ¡ª the birthplace of sumo ¡ª plays host to the spring meet.
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