Tokyo Sumo Practice Tour: Intimate Morning Experience
4.8
207 Ratings
Sumida City
Experience the excitement of Tokyo Sumo Morning Practice Tour in Ryogoku. Watch the highly skilled Sumo wrestlers train up close and enjoy a traditional Chanko nabe lunch.
Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Ryogoku Station - You will meet your guide and group at Ryogoku JR Station East Exit. Your guide will be holding a red/orange “MagicalTrip” board.
    PLEASE NOTE: There are two Ryogoku stations. Do NOT go to Ryogoku Oedo Line Station.
  • Ryogoku - Your guide will walk with you to one of the sumo stables. It will take around 5min to 30min depending on which stable is available to us that day.
    You will enter the stable together with your guide and watch the sumo practice for around 1 to 2 hours.
  • Ryogoku Kokugikan - Explore Ryogoku, the sumo town with a local guide! We visit the museum at the Ryogoku Kokugikan.
  • Ryogoku Station - After watching the sumo practice your guide will walk you back to Ryogoku station.
  • Ryōgoku Edo NOREN - Our guide will take you to a lunch restaurant. You can have Sumo Wrestler lunch here.
What's Included
  • Tour photos included
  • Local guide services
  • Sumo wrestler lunch - Chanko hotpot
  • Entrance to Sumo practice
Additional Information

-Watch the Sumo morning training at a Sumo table in Tokyo-\n\nThe Sumo-wrestler’s who are highly ranked/skilled normally start their training from 8 am. If you go and watch the match in the Sumo Stadium it’s really difficult to get a seat close to the sumo ring, but the good thing about this tour is that you get to watch their training from a very close distance!! \n\n-A local tour guide will take you to the “World of Sumo”-\n\nHow well do you know about Sumo? Don’t worry, that’s why a local tour guide will be there for you throughout the tour to give you insights. Please feel free to ask any questions during the tour!\n\n- Let’s eat Chanko nabe lunch, which Sumo wrestlers eat to build a big & strong body”-\n\nWe will move on to a restaurant where you can enjoy chanko-nabe, a dish that sumo wrestlers eat on a daily basis. \n\nMagical Trip is a local tour operator with the TripAdvisor certificate of excellence that offers various types of small-group tours throughout Japan!

  • Available for those who are only over 12 years old since those who are younger than 12 years old are not allowed inside the sumo morning practice.
  • As Sumo stables has the right to adjust their schedule in the last minute based on their tournament schedule and wrestlers’ condition, please note that there is a possibility that we will cancel your booking due to the sudden change or cancellation of the practice by sumo stables. In that case, we will fully refund your booking shortly. You do not need to pay for Sumo morning practice entrance fee.
  • The sumo stable has the right to refuse guests who offend the rules of the stable and in this case, we will not be able to refund.
  • Sumo stables decide if the audiences are allowed to take the photos of sumo wrestlers or the photos with sumo wrestlers. Please note that there is the possibility that you cannot take those photos in the case the sumo stables rejected for whatever reasons.
  • In the case that your group is large, the group may be split into the 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 toilet before the tour starts.
  • Out of respect for our other guests and to ensure the best tour for everyone, we must start the tour on time. Please note that if you are late for more than 15 minutes than meeting time (10 mins before the tour starting time), you will not be able to join the tour, get refund or rescheduled.
  • We might ask you to change the time/date depending on the availability of the Sumo morning practice schedule.
  • Please be aware that guests may have to sit on the floor as most of stables do not usually offer chairs.
  • The sumo stable has the right to refuse guests who offend the rules of the stable and in this case, we will not be able to refund.
  • Sumo stables decide if the audiences are allowed to take photos of the sumo wrestlers or the photos with sumo wrestlers. Please note that there is the possibility that you cannot take those photos in the case the sumo stables reject for any given reason.
  • In the case that the group is large, the group may be split into the 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.
  • The duration of sumo practice may prolong sometimes, which may cause the tour to end later than the estimated time.
  • Out of respect for other guests and to ensure the best tour for everyone, we must start the tour on time.
  • You will not be able to join the tour, get a refund or reschedule if you are late for the tour and miss the group.
  • We may request you to change the time/date depending on the availability of the Sumo morning practice schedule.
  • The itinerary for this tour includes some locations that are not accessible by a wheelchair or stroller.
Location
Re.Ra.Ku Ryōgoku Ekimae
Right outside of JR Ryogoku Station East Exit Please note that there are two Ryogoku stations and the meeting point is the JR Ryogoku station, (NOT Toei-Oedo line Ryogoku station). Your guide will be holding an orange/red board saying "Magical Trip".
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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(207 Ratings)
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Walidbo1817fd
May 7, 2024
Wonderful experience - Super moment, super guide every thing was crystal clear !!!! We were lucky to see many white belts and could have some pictures with them !!
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Patricia_k
May 5, 2024
Chance of a lifetime!! - This experience is something that very few Japanese people have witnessed. We had a very informative guide who told us about the rules of sumo wrestling as well as the way of life for the wrestlers. We watched a morning practice that was very intense. It was the real thing! We were also treated to a little side trip to a very interesting modern/traditional temple (Ekōin) that honors the dead. Highly recommended—just be aware you will be sitting on tatami mats on the floor for quite some time.
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Nichola
May 4, 2024
Sumo Training - Ramesh provided a fascinating insight into Sumo followed by an experience of training at a famous Sumo stable. He ensured that we met the wrestlers and had photos and answered our questions. Highly recommended to anyone visiting Tokyo.
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S1693cmmariet
May 3, 2024
Highly recommend this tour to learn about this Japanese tradition. - Ramesh gave us a great briefing before the session and we thoroughly enjoyed the whole 2 hours of training. We saw very high ranking sumo wrestlers - very lucky. Learnt so much about this impressive sport and theee impressive athletes.
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Kelvinmch
May 3, 2024
Sumo Practice Tour - The tour was amazing and Hina as a very informative guide, answering all questions. Seeing the athletes up close was a great experience. We would highly recommend this tour to anyone visiting Tokyo.
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88aubeyl
May 2, 2024
Awesome Sumo Experience - Rames was our guide and he was great! Super friendly, communicated well and was educated in sumo tradition to inform us. Would highly recommend!
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H6948wnandrewf
May 2, 2024
Outstanding - Ramesh was a great guide and we were very lucky to see some of the best wrestlers preparing for the upcoming tournament. Great experience, would recommend!
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Mateuszo128
May 2, 2024
Great tour! - Real sumo stable, we had a chance to see some formidable wrestlers during training session! Must do if there is no tournament in town!
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Snirg2024
May 1, 2024
Amazing experience - Amazing experience. The sumo training was very unique. The guide was great. The souvenir shop was a little small and we didn't find anything there...
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Linda_w
May 3, 2024
Poor planning - The planning of the entire tour was rather bad. First of all, the introduction of the sumo history and the stable that we were going was done outside the station (meet up point) , where there were quite a lot people and cars kept passing by and the noise did not help with that. Secondly, no agenda or rundown was actually given to any of us, not on the website nor shared by the tour guide on the day and I’d suggest the tour guide should add that in the future. I’m suggesting this as when the sumo practice finished, we were standing outside the stable while the tour guide tried to answer any questions we had and after that, he didn’t let us know he was actually taking us to another place thus a few other tourists left half way when we were walking as I believe we were all thinking the tour guide was just bringing us back to the train station for departure. The tour guide did not do anything to elevate the experience. The whole tour could have been done by any other person. The tour itself was great fun but I wish the tour was led by a more organized, experience and thoughtful person instead.
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