Sumo Experience: Dine and Train with Wrestlers
4.9
86 Ratings
Taito City

Immerse yourself in the world of sumo with our immersive tour near Tokyo. Experience a sumo stable tour, dine with wrestlers, try sumo wrestling, and create unforgettable memories.

Duration: 3 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • 朝日山部屋 - Up-close sumo training view in Asahiyama beya: Front-row seat to intense training session
    Interactive participation: Try sumo wrestling firsthand against the wrestlers
    Memorable photos: Capture moments with sumo wrestlers (when the session ends)
    Delicious dining: enjoy ‘chanko-nabe’ stew together with the warriors, vegetarian version…
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What's Included
  • Sumo wrestling experience
  • View the practice session comfortably seated on chairs
  • Lunch
  • Photography allowed at the end of the session
What's Not Included
  • Round trip by JR train total cost of ¥1060 (about $7)
Additional Information

Please check the confirmation message that we send after reservation - meeting point photos and instructions are indicated there!!
Embark on an extraordinary journey with our Experience the world of Sumo: Join a Sumo stable tour near Tokyo, dine with warriors, and more! Led by our English-speaking guide, this exclusive tour offers a deeper understanding…

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Location
Ueno Station
JR Ueno station Central Gate (JR information) Japan, 〒110-0005 Tokyo, Taito City, Ueno 7-chōme-1
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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(86 Ratings)
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Carlyn_m
Apr 23, 2025
A sumo experience to remember - A highlight from our trip to Japan. My son loved being able to wrestle a pro and getting to eat the food they eat too.
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Liza_p
Apr 21, 2025
Eye opening introduction to Sumo - Amazing introduction to Sumo. Ryoko and Haru were lovely guides who lead us to the stables via 2 trains. Seeing the rikishi train was eye opening. It’s not just size that matters, but also agility and tactics. We had some chanko nabe which was very tasty. It was interesting to learn about rishiki daily life. Highly recommended
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Pamela_m
Apr 16, 2025
Must do! - If you follow Sumo or are just curious to learn more, we highly recommend this tour. The opportunity to watch a morning practice was the next best thing to attending a tournament. Our guide Tammy was great and took excellent care of our group. Thank you for a rare chance to see Suno up close!
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Osnat_a
Apr 14, 2025
overpowering - We arrived as a family on Galai 15-27 It was a very good experience and suitable for all ages. I wouldn't give it up.
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Mara_p
Apr 14, 2025
A unique and well executed experience. - The Sumo experience was superb‼️ Our guides, Haru and Ryoko were sensational. The Sumo wrestlers were amazing and they came out after the exhibition and were friendly and terrific.
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Hadas_k
Apr 10, 2025
If you are looking for a truly authentic age memorable experience of true Japan, this is it! - What an AMAZING experience!!! To experience a real Somo practice, unfiltered, in a front row seat! Everyone including my 10 yearold son enjoined it! Tomer our guide was very informative, took care of everything. The meal was also a surprisingly good experience, everything from start to end was authentic! Truly a memorable experience! Warmly recommend to anyone wanting to see the real Japan. We also loved the part that we could ask the fighters some questions and they shared their POV on life and their life Journey into Sumo. It was also nice to learn about the single foreigner that was able to join the dojo! A nice plus was that people where able to try and 'face in mini combat' one of the fighters. My son lived it!
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Shauna_s
Apr 4, 2025
Fun! - Very informative. Great guides!! Excellent time. Thanks so much for a great morning and help navigating the trains
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Nicole_o
Apr 3, 2025
Amazing. - Wonderful experience. We learned about sumo and witnessed the actual training. The wrestlers were kind welcoming. Guides were informative.
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Maier_r
Apr 3, 2025
Sumo wrestling super experience - We had a great time. The wrestlers demonstrated their skills for us followed up with conversations with those that spoke English. We also "tried" wrestling with them, which was a hoot! Lastly, the guides were outstanding and made such a positive impression on us. I highly recommend this excursion.
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Lauren_d
Apr 23, 2025
Poor communication--super stressful. but the tour itself seems like it would've been great. - Up until the day of the tour, all the communication had been via emails. (and in the emails, there was a link to contact tour operator with last minute questions). Apparently, the day of our early-morning tour, there was a WhatsApp chat started. I don't use WhatsApp, so didn't receive any of the messages/updates on where to meet or the address of the sumo stable. I continuously tried to reach our tour guide through Viator. Finally, after multiple attempts and almost 45 minutes of trying to reach them (calling and messaging), while standing at the meeting point, they sent me the address to the sumo stable, which was an hour away by $70 taxi ride. We were assured we could come in late, and to still come. So we did. But we missed the majority of the sumo training. We saw a few rounds (about 10 min), and then they stretched for 10 minutes. The training was over by 9:50am and we had arrived at 9:30am. Super disappointing and stressful experience. Full disclosure, we did miss the 7:45am meet time. We arrived by 7:58am (email said they would leave by 8am). They did not send me the address to the sumo stable until 8:25am. If they had provided this ahead of time, we would not have missed any of the sumo match. The sumo wrestlers were great and gracious. Our tour guide was nice as well, and went over some sumo facts after we left the stable.
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