Steph & Klay try their hand at Sumo Wrestling with Hakuhō Shō 🤼 | NBA

The sumo wrestling ring, or dohyō, is built fresh before every official tournament using special clay and sand. Craftsmen called dohyō-shi spend hours shaping the 4.55-meter circle by hand, packing and smoothing layers of clay to ensure a perfectly level surface. The boundaries are marked with rice-straw bales, buried halfway into the clay, symbolizing both the ring’s limits and its sacred nature. Once completed, a Shinto priest purifies the arena with offerings and rituals — transforming the do