Address: 2 Chome-15 Toneri, Adachi, Tokyo 121-0831, Japan
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Tonerisuwa Shrine Videos
日本の裸褌祭【51】とねり少年相撲(高精細)
TONERI CHILDREN'S SUMO Japanese Naked Fundoshi Festival No.51 (1080p)
Toneri Children's Sumo Wrestling is held at Toneri Suwa Shrine locating Toneri Nichome Adachi Ward Tokyo Japan evey year on fourth Sunday of August.
Kindergarteners and primary schoolboys from first graders to sixth graders gather the shrine naked wearing only sumo mawashi (white fundoshi loincloth) so that they dedicate sumo to the god of the shrine.
Sumo is the tipical Japanese naked fundoshi calture headed by Ohzumo the professinal sumo wrestling. Sumo is called Kokugi the national sports since Edo era about 400 years ago.
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