{"id":79360,"date":"2014-11-26T16:37:24","date_gmt":"2014-11-26T07:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=event&#038;p=56446"},"modified":"2016-04-01T02:05:51","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T17:05:51","slug":"womens-blindfolded-sumo","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/womens-blindfolded-sumo\/","title":{"rendered":"Women&#8217;s Blindfolded Sumo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ladies, it\u2019s time to test your hidden blindfolded sumo skills at the annual Fuigo Women\u2019s Blindfolded Sumo which takes place in Itoshima, on the Dec. 7. The complete lack of vision is not only a humorous twist but is symbolic of the hardship the wrestlers (and everyone else) face in everyday life toward an unknown future. Exclusive to female contestants, the rules are simple; find for your opponent while sitting on your knees, and take her down to the ground! Though wrestling isn\u2019t bone crunching raw, but strength and skill are important. Audiences are known to get a little rowdy as they loudly cheer on their favorite contestants. This year Fukuoka Now is proud to enter our intern Tomo. She\u2019s a rookie as far as sumo wrestling goes, but we have high hopes. Check back here for on Dec. 8 for a full report on the event and Tomo\u2019s results.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-56447 alignleft\" alt=\"Blinfolded Sumo\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Blinfolded-Sumo.jpg?w=640\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Blinfolded-Sumo.jpg?w=550&amp;ssl=1 550w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Blinfolded-Sumo.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Dec. 7 (Sun.) 11:00 ~ 13:00 (Sumo starts at 11:40)<br \/>\n\u2022 Masue Goro Inari Shrine<br \/>\n\u2022 Free<br \/>\n\u2022 092-322-2098<br \/>\n\u2022 575 Nijomasue, Itoshima City<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/kanko-itoshima.sakura.ne.jp\/ja2\/?p=660\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/kanko-itoshima.sakura.ne.jp\/ja2\/?p=660<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ladies, it\u2019s time to test your hidden blindfolded sumo skills at the annual Fuigo Women\u2019s Blindfolded Sumo takes place in Itoshima, on the Dec. 7. The complete lack of vision is not only a humorous twist but is symbolic of the hardship the wrestlers (and everyone else) face in everyday life toward an unknown future. Exclusive to female contestants, the rules are simple; find for your opponent while sitting on your knees, and take her down to the ground! Though wrestling isn\u2019t bone crunching raw, but strength and skill are important.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56447,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-79360","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-itoshima","event-type-festival","event-type-sports","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/79360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79360"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}