The first Yokozuna Deliberation Council sōken training session to be open to the public in four years took place at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Saturday.

An estimated 4,000 people took advantage of the rare (and free) opportunity to watch all of the sport’s top ranked wrestlers practicing together on the raised ring at sumo’s headquarters.

Although well attended, the atmosphere at the event was noticeably more subdued than in past years.