
Naki Sumo Crying Baby Festival - Wikipedia
The Naki Sumo Crying Baby Festival (Japanese: 泣き相撲, Hepburn: Nakizumō) is an annual Japanese festival in which babies are held in the arms of sumo wrestlers in an open-air sumo …
Nakizumo Crying Baby Festival, 26th Apr, 2025 - Tokyo Cheapo
Watching sumo wrestlers trying to make babies cry might seem like an odd pastime, but in Asakusa’s Sensoji it’s an age-old tradition. The unusual 400-year-old event takes place at a …
In pictures: 100 crying babies face off at sumo festival
2024年4月29日 · The traditional "Crying Sumo" event started in 1991 to encourage the health and wellbeing of children. Babies cry as they are held up by amateur sumo wrestlers during …
Naki Sumo Baby Crying Contest - Atlas Obscura
2016年4月18日 · For hundreds of years, participants in this Japanese festival have been making babies cry to ward off demons. Usually getting a baby to stop crying is the hard part of any …
Sumo Wrestlers Make Babies Cry at the Ancient Naki Sumo Festival
2023年10月23日 · The Naki Sumo Baby Crying Festival, or simply Naki Sumo, is held annually at the Sensoji Temple in Tokyo, as well as other locations throughout Japan. The festival's …
Naki Sumo: The Crying Baby Festival with Sumo Wrestlers!
2024年4月27日 · The Japan’s Naki Sumo (also “Nakizumo“) Crying Baby Festival is a unique event where parents bring their babies to compete in a crying contest. Sumo wrestlers gently …
Naki Sumo Baby Crying Contest - TheSmartLocal
With a history of more than 400 years, the Naki Sumo Baby Crying Contest is a traditional festival organised annually in shrines across Japan. Typically held on Children’s Day, 5th May, the …
160 Babies Cry It Out In Japan's Naki Sumo Crying Baby Contest
2019年4月30日 · This year, more than 160 babies born in 2018 competed in the Nakizumo or Naki Sumo Crying Baby Festival. The 2019 Naki Sumo Festival in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. In …
Nakizumo - Baby-Crying Festival - Pop Japan
2017年3月14日 · Nakizumo is a four-decade long tradition that takes place every April 29 (a national holiday) at Senso-ji Temple in the Asakusa ward of Tokyo, Japan. It is called as a …
The Crying Baby Festival of Japan: Why are infants made to cry?
2023年1月25日 · One such unique festival is the ‘Crying Baby Festival’ called Naki Sumo, wherein sumo wrestlers attempt to make babies cry and ensure they continue crying loudly. The Naki …