Yokozuna Takanohana, Musashimaru perform dhyo-iri at Meiji Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo yokozuna (grand champion) Takanohana (R) performs the dohyo-iri or ''entering the ring'' ceremony Jan. 6 at Tokyo's Meiji Shrine. His fellow yokozuna Musashimaru also performed the dohyo-iri before about 6,000 visitors to the shrine.

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