Tokyo Sumo Morning Practice Tour at Stable
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!
Options
Fukuoka Sumo Tour
Fukuoka morning practice : This experience is NOT in Tokyo and in Fukuoka. Please check it before you book.
Starting point:
Dazaifu Station, 2 Chome-5 Saifu, Dazaifu, Fukuoka 818-0117, Japan
What's included in Tokyo Sumo Morning Practice Tour at Stable
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
Ryogoku Station Gallery
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
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.
Inclusions
- Photos with wrestlers (depends on the day)
- Local, professional guide
- Sumo stable entrance and watch the real practice closely
- Public transportation 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 option plan, the meeting location may differ, so please check your confirmation email.
- Please use the restroom 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
- Unauthorized 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 toward 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
Meet
Pickup and Dropoff
You will make your own way to the meeting points
Meeting / End Points
- Meet up at Higashi-Mukojima Station ticket gate.
Redeem
Ticket Redemption
-You have to be more than 10 years old!(Under 10 years could not join the tour.) -We have to seat on the floor long time, so we recommend to wear soft relaxed pants. -Please follow the rule in the stable. (Guide will pass you rule on the day.) **Do’s** -Sit down and see the practice silently. -Take pictures with no flash, no sound. -If you want to leave in the middle of a practice, you can do, but you couldn't reenter. **Don’ts** -No eating nor drinking allowed inside the stable. -Please do not stand up or moving around inside the stable. -Please make sure your mobile phone is on silent. -When you take pictures, please do not use flash and turn off the shutter sound. -Please do not talk.(This is very serious season, so few pictures inside would be accepted and sometimes we are refused to take pictures.) -Please do not spread your feet or show sole of your feet towards the ring. -Please take off sunglasses or hats. ================================= On the day of your tour, our guide will be waiting at the meeting place with a board saying "Japan Wonder Travel".
