Sumo
Forget the comical Western stereotype of gargantuan men in nappies slapping each other around – sumo is serious business. Few sports have as long a pedigree, and sumo has been around for a millennium. These guys are no mere spheres of flesh – to see a rikishi hoist up to 200kg of squirming human by the belt and carry it out of the ring is nothing short of astonishing.
TAGS: Tokyo / Japan / Asia / Discovery