The annual summer sumo tournament this year will be held at the Meiji Shrine Outer Gardens Wrestling Ring as a wartime recreation for the people of the metropolis. With the opening ceremony taking place on May 22, the first match is scheduled for May 23 with the tournament continuing for one week.
    The matches may be canceled or postponed with the sounding of the raid alarms. However in view of the large seating capacity of the Meiji Outer Gardens it is the plan to issue invitation tickets to the great number of fans and others, allowing admission to only those in possession of such.

    At 3 p.m. on the day of the Boy's Festival on May 5, grand champion wrestler Terukuni, who has evacuated to Kamakura, prayed at the Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine for decisive victory in war following which he coached school children of Kamakura and neighboring towns.
    Also from 2 p.m. the same day a match in the open was held by youthful fencers demonstrated their fighting spirit to down the enemy.