JAPAN-SOCIAL-WOMEN-SUMO

To go with AFP story Japan-Social-Women-Sumo, Feature by Jessica Glanz
In a photograph taken on January 25, 2015, female sumo wrestler Sayaka Matsuo practices in front of a mirror during a training session at Nihon University’s sumo club in Tokyo. Nineteen-year-old Sayaka Matsuo lies on the tatami mat as a personal masseur works on her neck and shoulders to squeeze out the knots. But this is no pamper package with relaxing music or detoxifying mist. Matsuo is warming up for a head-clashing bout of Japan’s national sport — sumo. AFP PHOTO / TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA