Tokyo Sumo Performance and Experience

• Want to enjoy Sumo beyond the ring? Watch live morning training or demonstration at a sumo stable, where wrestlers undergo their daily practice.
• A local English-speaking guide will share sumo's history and customs, plus you can choose to meet and greet the wrestlers based on your ticket.
• Get a chance to capture photos inside the stable with wrestlers or a unique opportunity to get inside the ring and wrestle with the professionals.
• Make your tour wholesome by upgrading to include meal options like Chanko Nabe lunch, tea, ice cream, or Tonkatsu bento for an authentic sumo feel.
• For a more exclusive experience, choose the private tour and add a dumpling-making session to learn how to make a sumo meal.

These tickets can't be cancelled or rescheduled.

What's not allowed

• Eating and drinking are not allowed.
• Keep in mind that sunglasses and hats are not allowed in the stable. Pack wisely!
• Due to venue restrictions, pets cannot tag along on this experience.
• This experience is restricted for guests under the age of 12 years.
• Re-entry is not permitted.
• You cannot ask wrestlers to take a photograph with you while the practice is still going on.
• Shutterbugs, take note: Flash photography and shutter sound are a no-go inside the venue.

Accessibility

• This experience is not accessible by wheelchairs or prams/strollers.
• This experience is not the best fit for guests with back problems and heart conditions, and pregnant women.

Additional information

• Guests may have to sit on the floor as most of the stables do not usually offer chairs.
• Sumo stables can refuse guests who break the rules.
• Photo permissions with wrestlers are at the stable's discretion and may be denied.
• In the case that your group is large, the group may be split into different groups and each may visit different stables.
• You may not be allowed to go to the toilet during the practice, so please make sure to go to the toilet before the tour starts.
• Cellphones must be on silent.
• Do not step down onto the ring or the sandy ground area. The ring is a sacred place for the wrestlers.
• Do not stretch your legs toward the ring. It is considered impolite to show the soles of feet to the wrestlers.
• Do your best not to leave the sumo stable in the middle of the practice, and try to stay and watch the practice until the very end.
• Be very careful not to interfere with the sumo wrestlers' concentration.

• Your voucher will be emailed to you instantly.

• Please arrive at the meeting point 15 mins before the scheduled time of your tour to avoid any delays.

• Display the voucher on your mobile phone with a valid photo ID at the meeting point.

Meeting point

Please check your final voucher for the meeting point details and specific instructions.