Sumo wrestling is one of the oldest forms of martial arts in Japan‚ and it is still a major sport that is populär with both men and women there. In ancient times‚ sumo contests were held only in the courtyards of Shinto shrines as a religious ritual performed for the gods to encourage them to grant a good harvest. Ritual is‚ therefore‚ an important part of the sport. Before each match‚ contestants sprinkle salt on the ring and rinse their mouths in a ritual purification. Nowadays‚ sumo wrestling
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 Sumo wrestling is traditionally considered Japan’s national sport. The sport is surrounded by ceremony and ritual and is considered a gendai budō‚ a modern Japanese martial art.  The precursor to sumo probably originated in China during the Han Dynasty. The first sumo-like match in Japan occurred in 453 at the funeral ceremony of Emperor Ingyō. The sport is also associated with Shinto ritual where a human ceremonially wrestles with a kami‚ a Shinto spirit or god.
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will be information from Internet sites and reviews‚ travel guides and academic journals. All unreferenced photos are the writer’s own. Table of Contents Introduction4 Procedure4 3.1 History of Tokyo4 3.2 Interesting Places to Visit4 3.2.1 Sumo……………………………………………………………………………………………4 3.2.2 Themed Restaurants…………………………………………………………………….5 3.2.3 Harajuku……………………………………………………………………………………...5 3.2.4 Akihabara…………………………………………………………………………………….5 3.3 Japanese Culture and Customs……………………………………………………………………6
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Japanese culture and sumo wrestling. INTRODUCTION Originating in Japan‚ sumo wrestling is a competitive full-contact wrestling sport where a wrestler attempts to force another wrestler out of a circular ring. From meals to their manner of dress‚ their daily lives are dictated by strict tradition. Tonight I will enlighten you about what they do in and out of the rings. I am confident that each one of you will leave here tonight knowing at least one new fact about Japan’s sumo wrestling’s culture-rich
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dramatic effects often have distant causes‚ and experts use their information advantage to serve their own interests. All the chapters in the book are questions. There are 2 questions or chapters that stand out to me; “what do school teachers and sumo wrestlers have in common” Each chapter question is answered from research conducted by Levitt. One main point emphasized in Freakonomics is that economics is essentially the study of incentives. This point tries to help you understand why people behave
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Freakonomics: Reading Questions Chapter 1: Why do school teachers and sumo wrestlers cheat? 1. An incentive is something that is used to motivate or use as an encouragement to improve whatever the person is doing. In studying economics‚ incentives are used as form of payments‚ to encourage businesses to succeed in whatever they are doing. 2. The United States government puts a tax on foreign car companies to help United State citizens encourage to buy the American made cars. This acts
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different concepts do not look for a unifying theme as there is not one. The first chapter of Freakonomics addresses what school teachers and sumo wrestles could possibly have in common‚ which turns out to be cheating. Using data from standardized tests and from data collected regarding sumo wrestlers‚ Levitts confirms that both school teachers and sumo wrestlers have their reasons for cheating. He also discusses the different avenues that can be taken to accomplish this cheating. Levitts prime
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The Hidden Side of Freakonomics Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner is a book aimed at exposing the secret within everything. The authors prove that in many cases‚ two items don’t have to be connected because they are correlated. Moreover‚ two unrelated items can in fact be connected. Proving so was less difficult than it would seem. All it took was the right information. They were able to prove the most unlikely of correlations. The authors stress that in a world where incentives
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In his essay “The Fallacy of Success‚” G. K. Chesterton disavow self-help books that claim to teach the secret to getting rich. Chesterton seems to think that there are only two ways of succeeding‚ “One is by doing very good work‚ the other is by cheating.” He also refine the fact that these articles or books are just a “mysticism of money.” People write books to make money even if they have no idea what they are writing about. In the end‚ Chesterton leaves the reader with the massage of being success
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wasn’t at all‚ I figured that there are a higher number of Japanese players in the MLB and NBA compared to a very low number in the NFL. Lastly I saw that the newspaper had a section devoted to Sumo. This is something new to me‚ I have new read anything about Sumo. They had news about the weights and matches of Sumos all across Japan. Overall the Japanese sport section covered around 50% Japanese sports and 50% American sports this is proof of the great impact of American sport. The next paper I looked
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