The annual summer sumo tournament will be held at the Kokugikan Amphitheater in Ryogoku, Honjo for 15 days starting May 10, it was announced March 21 by the Japan Sumo association, according to Domei. The official ranking of the wrestlers for the Summer Tournament will be announced on May 5, on the occasion of the Tanno-no-sekku, of Boy’s Festival. The ceremony of purifying the Dohyo or wrestling arena will be solemnized in the amphitheater on May 9. This will be followed by a tradition Japanese custom of “furedaiko” or beating drums about the city streets announcing the opening of the summer sumo season.