The Ukrainian national team players who had been holding a training camp in Usa City, Oita Prefecture, visited the city for the first time before leaving Oita for the international competition of sports where sumo is in the competition.
On the 13th, the Ukrainian national team players of sumo wrestled after the training camp in Usa City, and on the 14th, when they were off, they visited the city for the first time.
Then, I visited a tourist facility that displays materials from Futabayama, a local yokozuna who has achieved 69 consecutive victories, which is said to be immortal.
While receiving explanations from Director Toshiyuki Akiyoshi, the players looked at the materials of Futabayama and compared their sizes with the handprints of successive yokozuna.
After that, the players visited Usa Jingu, which is related to sumo wrestling, such as when former yokozuna Hakuho dedicated himself to the field, and received a prayer for victory.
On the morning of the 15th, we will head to Ehime prefecture, the next training camp.
After another two weeks of training camp, the players will participate in the international sports competition "World Games" to be held in the United States next month.
A lightweight Svyatoslav semi-class player said, "I'm getting more excited to win the world championships. I think I can do a lot of training and lead to the victory."