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Here`s another picture from the Osaka Sumo Tournament from this year - a referee from a bout.

I went to the Osaka sumo tournament on Sunday where I took lots of photos. This is from the penultimate bout where the Mongolian yokozuna Asashoryu watches the action from the side before his own turn comes.

I have a flickr set of some of the better pictures I took.

And how about a very detailed entry on Sumo wrestling from wikipedia?

Thanks for those who played the game. Here`s the after shot of the previous capture and we can see quite clearly that the man on the right departed the ring the winner. Congrats to Sluggo and Tom who correctly answered.

I went to the sumo tournament in Osaka today. This is a shot from the early stages which is why I was able to sit in a seat two rows from the front which usually costs 200 quid for a short time and get this picture before I was forced back to my own cheapo seat.

I thought I`d do a mini competition and ask you which sumo do you think wins this bout. The one on the left or the right? I have the before and after picture. I`ll see which has the most votes and take that as the reader`s choice.

The answer comes in 24 hours.

Picture the scene. You are perusing the local library when you spot a topless beauty posing next to a sakura tree in full blossom. You`re temperature rises and you begin to palpitate until your brain kicks into gear. This is a library Simon. Why are they showing topless models in a library? Wait, that`s not a topless model…