Tokyo Sumo Morning Practice Tour at Stable | 2 hours

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Sumiyoshi Sumo Tour
2 Adults x $110.00
$220.00
Approx Total
$220.00
Starting point:
Sumiyoshi Sta., 2-chōme-23-12 Sumiyoshi, Koto City, Tokyo 135-0002, Japan
Oshiage Sumo Tour
2 Adults x $110.00
$220.00
Approx Total
$220.00
Starting point:
1-chōme-8-21 Oshiage, Sumida City, Tokyo 131-0045, Japan

Inclusions / Exclusions

  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English
  • Photos with wrestlers (depends on the day)
  • Local, professional guide
  • Sumo stable entrance and watch the real practice closely

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!

Meeting points

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End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

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.

    15 minutes

  • 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.

    1 hour 30 minutes

  • Sumo Museum

    If we have time, we may stop by.

    10 minutes

  • Ryogoku Edo Noren (Pass By)

    We may stop by and see all of the shops if we have time.

  • Ryogoku Kokugikan

    If you want, we can walk past Kokugikan, where the Grand Sumo Tournament is held in Tokyo.

    5 minutes

Sample Menu

Additional Info

  • 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 schedule, the ending location may differ from the meeting place.
  • 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

Free Cancellation

January 03100% refund
January 04No refund

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  • Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
  • Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
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154 reviews

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Totally recommend it!

Published on May, 2025

We had an amazing time and was totally worth every minute! Very insightful and friendly guide, with availability to ask any questions, as well as to ask the Sumo master! Be prepared to watch the practise the traditional Japanese way (on a pillow on the floor) for the whole show.

Great!!!

Published on May, 2025

The tour was very well organised and arranged in order to give us Gaijin guests a very close-up experience of the wrestlers practicing. Receiving explanations and having our questions answered on written cards further ensured that our presence did not disturb the wrestlers. Despite having watched many tournaments over the years, this experience gave me a better understanding of what goes into the making of a Rikishi. I thoroughly enjoyed the experience and very much appreciated Yuko-san's very professional and competent guidance. I highly recommend this tour to anyone - especially people like me who have watched a lot of Sumo and already have some knowledge of the sport. My lifetime of involvement in physical training also made it particularly interesting for me to observe the Rikishi's training methods. I already knew that stable life and training was tough, but seeing it this close up brought it home in a very visceral way. Observing the personal dynamics between the Rikishi as they trained was also very interesting.

Forget the stereotypes and see how awesome sumo is

Published on May, 2025

My stay in Japan fell between sumo tournaments, so I decided to try this tour. Watching the grueling 3-hour morning practice session gave me a much better understanding of how hard sumo wrestlers train and how tough these guys are. Imagine two 341-lb NFL linebackers or rugby players crashing into each other at full force WITH NO HELMETS OR PROTECTIVE PADDING, over and over, on a packed clay floor instead of grass or Astroturf. When they’re not in matches, they’re doing walking squats with heavy yokes around their necks, pushing against thick wooden pillars, using dumbbells, or shoving each other across the floor. There are no height or weight classes such as in American boxing, so a sumo athlete may go up against someone who’s several inches taller and tens of pounds heavier — and win. That’s the most intriguing thing about the sport: in less than a minute, a skilled sumo finds a way to throw, trip, or push his opponent out of bounds without letting himself be put off balance. It happens so quickly that I was grateful for the youtube pop ups and commentary pointing out the key grips and moves. Sumo is so different from American sports — minimal uniform, a lot of subcutaneous fat over muscle, the deceptively simple goal of getting an opponent to touch the ground or go out of the ring — that it’s often seen as puzzling and comical. In fact it’s a very pure contest of skill and body awareness. There’s no equipment or WWF-type showmanship, just two men using agility, mass, and strategy to force each other to yield.

Mesmerising experience to see how real Sumos train.

Published on May, 2025

Sumo stable to watch practice. Was memorable and nothing ever seen before. Guide explained the practice well. Critique only we struggled to find meeting point didn’t see instructions could be clearer.

MAKO THE TOUR GUIDE WAS BEST TOUR GUIDE EVER!!!!!! SO FUN TO LEARN ABOUT SUMO, AND SHE EVEN TAUGHT A LITTLE ABOUT SHINTO

Published on May, 2025

Make what is the best tour guide ever she taught us so much about sumo wrestling and a little of Shinto. The sumo wrestlers took pictures with us. It was an all-around amazing time. You should do it.

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