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Ryogoku sumo town history / culture and chanko-nabe lunch
Ryogoku sumo town history / culture and chanko-nabe lunch
Ryogoku sumo town history / culture and chanko-nabe lunch
Ryogoku sumo town history / culture and chanko-nabe lunch
Ryogoku sumo town history / culture and chanko-nabe lunch

Ryogoku sumo town history / culture and chanko-nabe lunch

By Arumachi
5 out of 5
Free cancellation available
Price is RM 825 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets
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  • Free cancellation available
  • 3h 30m
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Overview

This small group tour with commentaries by a sumo expert guide gives you a chance to get to know all about sumo including its history / culture, and sumo wrestlers' daily life. While you may or may not have a chance to see real sumo bouts during your stay in Japan, this tour will prime you with all the background knowledge to increase your joy of watching sumo, be it in Japan or back home.
The tour consists of two components.

1) Walking tour around Ryogoku, a sumo town.
Visit sumo-related landmarks; learn how sumo started and developed over 1600 years. Look at sumo stables from outside where sumo wrestlers live and train. Learn from your knowledgeable guide how their life and career look like. Get answers to any sumo-related questions.

2) Lunch at a chanko-nabe restaurant
Have lunch at one of the best chanko-nabe restaurants in Ryogoku.
This nutrient hot-pot dish is in the centerpiece of sumo wrestlers’ diet to gain weight and muscles to build their bodies.

Activity location

  • Hakkaku-beya Sumo Stable
    • 1 16
    • 130-0014, Sumida City, Tokyo, Japan

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Ryogoku Sta.
    • 29 4
    • 130-0015, Sumida City, Tokyo, Japan

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Ryogoku sumo town history / culture and chanko-nabe lunch
  • Activity duration is 3 hours and 30 minutes3h 30m3h 30m
Starting time: 9:30
Price details
RM 825.20 x 1 AdultRM 825.20
Total
Price is RM 825.20
Until Wed, 15 May

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedChanko-nabe lunch
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedAlcoholic Beverages
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedHotel pick-up and drop-off
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedActual sumo viewing like practice or matches

Know before you book

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Hakkaku-beya Sumo Stable
  • 15m
Visit the sumo stable run by the president of the Japan Sumo Association. See and learn how wrestlers live and train to climb the ranking.
Nominosukune Shrine
  • 30m
Visit this shinto shrine where the founder of sumo is enshrined. Learn from the guide how he instigated sumo 1500 years ago; how the sumo rules have been refined to take a form as of now over years; how a ring entering ceremony is held here when a new grand champion (Yokozuna) comes into being; that Japan Sumo Association visits it to pray for a successful tournament 3 times a year.
Ryogoku Kokugikan
  • 30m
View the sumo arena from outside, a mecca of sumo where the Grand sumo tournaments are held three times a year. Learn from your guide lots of interesting stories this sumo-dedicated arena has including its overall structure, drum tower, and banners.
Ryogoku Edo Noren
  • 30m
Feel the atmosphere of old Edo (as Tokyo was called before). See a full-scale sumo ring. Learn from the guide so many stories about sumo observing the ring up close.
Ekoin Temple
  • 15m
See the venue of the sumo tournaments held during the edo (samurai) period. Learn the social status of wrestlers; how the tournaments were held and looked like during the pre-modern era.
Kasuganobeya
  • 15m
Visit the Kasugano stable where a Bulgarian-born wrestler belongs. See the "wrestler-size" bicycles they use in their daily life.
Tomoegata Chanko
  • 1h
We will take you to one of the best chanko-nabe restaurants in town. Enjoy this nutrient hot-pot dish which is in the centerpiece of sumo wrestlers’ diet to gain weight and muscles to build their bodies. Learn from your guide all about sumo while having the lunch.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESHakkaku-beya Sumo Stable
    • 1 16
    • 130-0014, Sumida City, Tokyo, Japan

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLERyogoku Sta.
    • 29 4
    • 130-0015, Sumida City, Tokyo, Japan

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