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A sumo event in Paris used about 200 kg of French salt

By The Salt AlmanacPublished November 8, 2026

Japanese woodblock print of two sumo wrestlers facing each other in the ring with a referee and judge
Sumo wrestlers Mutsugamine and Unryū, a woodblock print by Utagawa Kunisada (1854).Utagawa Kunisada. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons · Image source

For a 2026 tournament in Paris, organizers shipped in roughly 200 kilograms of salt from Guérande for the wrestlers' purification throws.

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  1. Malay Mail. The surprising star of Paris sumo: 200kg of French Guérande salt (2026). https://www.malaymail.com/news/sports/2026/06/10/the-surprising-star-of-paris-sumo-200kg-of-french-guerande-salt/223233