Follow the Tokyo Grand Sumo Tournament with a licensed English-speaking guide who helps you understand the sport before the action begins.
Meet your guide for a short pre-event lecture that explains sumo rules, rituals, and rankings. After ticket validation, proceed to Ryōgoku Kokugikan and enter the arena with guidance. Standard venue security checks apply.
Ryōgoku Kokugikan is Tokyo’s iconic sumo arena, hosting official Grand Sumo Tournaments where top-division wrestlers compete alongside traditional ceremonies.
Join a guided pre-event lecture led by a licensed English-speaking guide.
Watch live sumo bouts and ceremonial entrances from reserved seating.
Use The Sumo booklet in English and the official banzuke-hyo to follow wrestlers and rankings.
Select A, B, C, or S seats, with A and S seats including a yakitori snack, a drink, and a cheering towel.
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Stroller and wheelchair storage is available on the 1st and 2nd floors; strollers aren’t allowed in seating areas.
Wheelchair users must inform in advance and move to the 2nd floor independently or with help from their group; the guide cannot provide physical assistance.
Large luggage at your seat; store it elsewhere.
Outside food or bottled/canned drinks.
Strong flash photography.
Moving during matches and key ceremonies.
Strollers cannot be brought into the seating area.
Duration: 5 hours 30 minutes
Meeting point: Ryogoku View Hotel; tour ends at the arena, and returns are on your own.
Tournament months: January (Tokyo), March (Osaka), May (Tokyo), July (Nagoya), September (Tokyo), and November (Fukuoka).
Seating is assigned; selection isn’t possible, and groups may be split.
Vegetarian options are not available; no alternative is provided if you skip the yakitori.
Children aged 3 and under may enter free if seated on a guardian’s lap; a separate seat requires an additional ticket.
This activity is non-refundable and cannot be cancelled. Variant-specific cancellation policies may apply.
