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Sumo (pron. su-moh) wrestling originated in Japan as a ritual ceremony to the gods of good harvest. It is said that the Japanese people came about through the outcome of a Sumo contest between the gods. Sumo gained the patronage of the Imperial Court in the 8th century and never lost popularity.
These days, modern sumo hasnât changed much since the original Edo period, and to watch a sumo match today is to watch centuries of Japanese history in motion. Rules, Rituals & The Ring. Sumo bouts are held in a ring called a dohyo. A modern dohyo is a circular area, 4.55 meters wide, made of rice-straw bales and mounted on a square clay platform. The tops of the bales are covered in a thick layer of sand, which forms the wrestling surface.