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Sumo stable Morning Training Watching Tour
Sumo stable Morning Training Watching Tour
Sumo stable Morning Training Watching Tour
Sumo stable Morning Training Watching Tour

Tokyo Sumo Morning Practice Tour at Stable

By Japan Wonder Travel
9.6 out of 10
Free cancellation available
Price is NZ$187 per adult
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Overview

If you want to watch the REAL Sumo wrestlers up close, this is one of the closest you can get!
Let’s watch the wrestler’s morning practice right next to the ring and feel the intense and serious atmosphere. The sound of wrestlers colliding to each other, their breath and the scent of the fragrance they wear are something that you can never feel by watching any videos.

You will meet with your knowledgeable tour guide at the station and walk to the stable(10mins walk). Your guide will explain you about Sumo, its history, rules and regulations before entering the stable and then watch it together. You will see the unique traditional sports which is at the same time religious rituals, originally started to entertain the Shinto deities.

If you are lucky, you will get to take photos with the wrestlers after the practice outside of the stable!

Activity location

  • Ryogoku Station Gallery
    • 1-3-7 Yokoami
    • 130-0015, Sumida, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • 1-chōme-8-21 Oshiage
    • 21 8
    • 131-0045, Sumida City, Tokyo, Japan

Multiple meeting/redemption points available, see location information for full list

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Oshiage Sumo Tour
  • Activity duration is 2 hours2h2h
  • English

Starting point:
1-chōme-8-21 Oshiage, Sumida City, Tokyo 131-0045, Japan

Language options: English
Starting time: 7:30 am
Price details
NZ$187.05 x 1 AdultNZ$187.05
Total
Price is NZ$187.05
Until Mon, 2 Dec
Ryogoku Sumo Tour
  • Activity duration is 2 hours2h2h
  • English

Starting point:
RYŌGOKU STATION, 1-chōme-3-20 Yokoami, Sumida City, Tokyo 130-0015, Japan

Language options: English
Starting time: 7:45 am
Price details
NZ$187.05 x 1 AdultNZ$187.05
Total
Price is NZ$187.05
Until Mon, 2 Dec

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedPhotos with wrestlers (depends on the day)
  • What's includedWhat's includedLocal, professional guide
  • What's includedWhat's includedSumo stable entrance and watch the real practice closely

Know before you book

  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Minimum age is 12 years old (Kids 11 and under cannot enter the stable)
  • Please be aware that depending on the schedule, the ending location may differ from the meeting place.
  • Please use the bathroom before arriving at the meeting point.
  • The practice/tour may be a bit shorter or longer than expected depending on the content of the practice
  • Cellphones must be on silent
  • Photos are OK but only without the flash or shutter sounds
  • Unauthorised use of the photographs taken is strictly prohibited. Please be aware of image and privacy rights violations.
  • Videos are not allowed
  • Eating and drinking is not allowed（**Please be aware that it is hot in Tokyo in summer, and there will be no air conditioning on the tour. Since it is so hot, guests are allowed to drink water and sports drinks inside the stable during the month of Summer. We also recommend that you bring something like an ice pack or cold towel to help keep you cool.**）
  • Sunglasses and hats are not allowed in the stable
  • Once you leave the sumo stable, you cannot re-enter.
  • Please watch the practice silently and respectfully
  • Please do not step down onto the ring or the sandy ground area. The ring is a sacred place for the wrestlers.
  • Please do not stretch your legs towards the ring. It is considered impolite to show the soles of feet to the wrestlers.
  • You cannot ask wrestlers to take a photograph with you while the practice is still going on.
  • Please do your best to NOT leave the sumo stable in the middle of the practice, and try to stay and watch the practice until the very end.
  • Please be very careful not to interfere with the sumo wrestlers concentration.
  • For those interested in seeing sumo, but can't fit this tour into your schedule, have a look at our other sumo tours! Please search "Sumo Morning Practice Tour in Tokyo, Sumida city" or "Tokyo Sumo Morning Practice Tour with Audio Guide" to find them.
  • If you are not feeling well, please refrain from joining the tour.
  • After meeting up, we may take a train to the stable

Activity itinerary

Ryogoku Station Gallery
  • 15m
Meet your guide at 7:45am at the nearby train station before making your way to the sumo stable. Get ready to get some amazing insight into this unique Japanese sport that originated from the religion of Shintoism. Learn from your guide about how the origin of sumo dates back at least 1500 years, and about how it preserves rituals and traditional aspects of Shinto while also being a major spectator sport in Japan. Before you take your seat on the ground in the sumo stable, learn about the six annual Grand Tournaments that all go on for 15-days. Three of them are in Tokyo, and one in Osaka, Nagoya, and Fukuoka respectively.
Ryogoku
  • 1h 30m
  • Admission ticket included
Watch quietly and respectfully as the sumo wrestlers go through their daily routine. You are sure to be in awe as you see them going through their rigorous training, and you will gain a newfound insight into this ancient art. At the end of the practice, your guide will walk you back to the train station where you will part ways.
Sumo Museum
  • 10m
If we have time, we may stop by.
Ryogoku Edo Noren (Pass by)
We may stop by and see all of the shops if we have time.
Ryogoku Kokugikan
  • 5m
If you want, we can walk past Kokugikan, where the Grand Sumo Tournament is held in Tokyo.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESRyogoku Station Gallery
    • 1-3-7 Yokoami
    • 130-0015, Sumida, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE1-chōme-8-21 Oshiage
    • 21 8
    • 131-0045, Sumida City, Tokyo, Japan
  • PEOPLEPEOPLE2-chōme-59-3 Nihonbashihamachō
    • 3 59
    • 103-0007, Chuo City, Tokyo, Japan
  • PEOPLEPEOPLESumiyoshi Sta.
    • 12 23
    • 135-0002, Koto City, Tokyo, Japan
  • PEOPLEPEOPLERYŌGOKU STATION
    • 20 3
    • 130-0015, Sumida City, Tokyo, Japan
  • PEOPLEPEOPLEDazaifu Station
    • 5
    • 818-0117, Dazaifu, Fukuoka, Japan

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