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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.
- Tour photos included
- Local guide services
- Sumo wrestler lunch - Chanko hotpot
- Entrance to Sumo practice
-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.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.