I-Sumo isitayela saseJapan sokulwa kanye nomdlalo kazwelonke waseJapan. Waqala ezikhathini zasendulo njengomdlalo wokujabulisa onkulunkulu bobuShinto. Imikhuba eminingi enesizinda senkolo, njengokuhlanzwa okungokomfanekiso kwendandatho ngosawoti, isalandelwa nanamuhla. Ngokuvumelana nesiko, amadoda kuphela adlala lo mdlalo ngokomsebenzi eJapane.
Ayikho imikhawulo yesisindo noma amakilasi ku sumo, okusho ukuthi ama-wrestlers angazithola eqhathaniswa kalula nomuntu ophindwe kaningi ngobukhulu bakhe. Ngenxa yalokho, ukuzuza isisindo kuyingxenye ebalulekile yokuqeqeshwa kwe-sumo.
Japan Airlines ithe kuphoqeleke ukuthi ithathe isilinganiso “esingajwayelekile kakhulu” ngesonto eledlule, lapho kutholakala ukuthi izindiza ezimbili zabagibeli bezingaphezu kwesisindo ngenxa yabadlali be-sumo ababegibele.
Abasubathi be-sumo bekuhlelelwe ukuthi bahambe ngezindiza esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Haneda e-Tokyo nase-Itami Airport e-Osaka, lapho bekufanele baqhudelane khona kwifestiveli yezemidlalo e-Amami Oshima, isiqhingi esiseningizimu ekude ye-Japan.
I-Japan Airlines iqale ukukhathazeka ngezinkinga ezingaba khona zikaphethiloli ngasekupheleni kukaLwesine olwedlule lapho ithola ukuthi izindiza zizoqukatha inqwaba ye-sumo rikishi (izimbangi). Isikhumulo sezindiza sase-Amami besithathwa njengesincane kakhulu ukuthi singakwazi ukuhlalisa indiza enkulu ngokuphephile, okuphoqe inkampani yezindiza ukuthi ithathele abadlali be-sumo abangama-27 ngendiza entsha ehlelwe ngokukhethekile.
Isisindo esimaphakathi sabagibeli be-sumo silinganiselwa ku-120 kilograms (265 lbs) - sikhulu kakhulu kunesilinganiso somgibeli esijwayelekile samakhilogremu angama-70 (154 lbs).
Umthuthi kwadingeka agibele ukuze alale endizeni eyengeziwe enesaziso esifushane kanye nendiza eyengeziwe yabadlali be-wrestlers abakhulu kakhulu, ngemuva kokuphetha ngokuthi indiza ehleliwe ngeke ikwazi ukuthwala ngokuphepha inani likaphethiloli elidingekayo ngaphezu kwabagibeli abakhulu ngokungalindelekile.
