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Ryogoku sumo town history / culture and chanko-nabe lunch

By Arumachi
10 out of 10
Exceptional
Free cancellation available
Price is CA $239 per adult* *Get lower prices by selecting more than 2 adults
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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 centrepiece 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 30m
    3h 30m
Starting time: 9:30 a.m.
Price details
CA $238.97 x 1 AdultCA $238.97
Total
Price is CA $238.97
Until Wed, Oct 29

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Chanko-nabe lunch
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Alcoholic Drinks
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Hotel pick-up and drop-off
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Actual sumo viewing like practice or matches

Know before you book

  • Public transport 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
Drop in for a short visit at the famous stable, and look at the sumo stable from outside where sumo wrestlers live and train.
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 centrepiece 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_ACTIVITIES
    Hakkaku-beya Sumo Stable
    • 1 16
    • 130-0014, Sumida City, Tokyo, Japan

Meeting/Redemption Point

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

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