Hauho conducts ring-entering rite for sumo legend

Hauho conducts ring-entering rite for sumo legend

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Hakuho performs a ring-entering ceremony in front of the statue of the late grand champion Hitachiyama in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, on Dec. 20, 2014, to celebrate the 140th anniversary of the sumo legend's birth.

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