Nagoya is easily accessible from Tokyo or Kyoto. It takes about 2 hours from Tokyo and 1 hour from Kyoto to get to the tournament .
Watch Japan’s unique and traditional sport Sumo with a knowledgeable tour guide.
If you are in Tokyo in January, March or September, you should not miss it!(the tournaments take place 6 times a year; 3 times in Tokyo, once in Osaka, Nagoya and Fukuoka respectively. Each tournament lasts for 15 days. )
Meet your English speaking guide at the Edion Arena Nagoya. Your guide will talk you through what is Sumo, its history and rules before entering the stadium and give you additional tips in between the bouts.
Feel the intense, serious atmosphere of the tournament while you are free to grab some beer, Yakitori(skewers), etc.. at the vendor inside the stadium and eat/drink at your seat. *Food and drinks are not included in this tour.
Posted By : katelynj871
Exceptional communication from the coordinator when we had gotten lost trying to find the correct entrance. We had the more incredible time experiencing the Sumo tournament thanks to Japan Wonder Travel!
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Posted On : 2024-05-15 12:14:37 
Posted By : Beth_S
Good information pack about the sumo and wrestlers. Timely communication regarding the pickup details. The tour guide was very friendly and helpful.
It will be great if other seat options are available in the future.
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Posted On : 2024-04-12 05:17:27 
Posted By : ejoyce2017
I do not recommend this tour as it is not worth the price of $120 per person. Four of us attended and we were informed that there would be about 8 per group and that we would get S class seats. There were about 16 in the group and we ended up with B class seats at the very back of the auditorium - they made a mistake and by the time they told us the whole event was sold out so we could not buy our own tickets. The guides did their best but could not really communicate about what was going on effectively due to the large number of people. There were 2 groups sitting together. We wished we have bought tickets at the time of being released and reading around the sumo rules ourselves.
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Posted On : 2024-03-25 07:34:26
Posted By : Amanda_H
Tam Tam was an amazing guide! Her passion for sumo made the experience even more exciting for us. We learned that sumo is as much a ritual as it is a sport. Without her explanations we likely would not have appreciated the experience as deeply. So, it broke our hearts when another group she was guiding at the same time were less than respectful of Tam Tam's explanations and the venue. At the end of the event we cleaned up their garbage that they left on the floor. If our group could, we would have loved to watch the whole tournament with Tam Tam as she was an absolute delight! The whole event was electric! We had two groups of four and the tour accommodated by seating us all together.
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Posted On : 2024-03-25 00:26:05
Posted By : Seaside390804
Definitely worth seeing once, good turnover between fights, because their preliminaries between participants can be long but still pleasant to see
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Posted On : 2024-03-24 17:29:14
Posted By : Ari_B
The sumo wrestling is amazing. I would always recommend that experience. The tour company was a scam. Sumo tickets sold out in seconds on the direct website so we found this group offering tickets with a guide to explain what was going on. The price was $120 per person, and the tickets offered were listed at around $75 on the official Sumo Tournament site. Since they were sold out, I figured it was worth another $50 to get tickets at all, and on top of that to have a guide. Before the tournament we got an email explaining the tickets were higher up than promised, I did not go back to check the price (shame on me). On the day of the tournament we met our guide and were brought to the last row of the auditorium with a group of 20 others. the tickets were $35 face value, so they charged us $85 per person to share a guide with 20 others in the back of the auditorium. We were pissed! As I mentioned, the sumo tournament is a great experience, and I really couldn't find another way to get tickets, so if you want to go, do your best to comparison shop and find the best deal!
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Posted On : 2024-03-24 15:48:53
Posted By : Eric_S
Lots of fun a must see.l, was a highlight of the trip. The guide explained quite a bit so we were able to follow the rules and each match. However the seats were the last row of the arena probably the worst seats in the house. Still a lot of fun
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Posted On : 2024-03-23 17:21:39
Posted By : anitamburns
Fantastic experience.lovely guide very caring and informative.Good views and atmosphere. We were lucky to get tickets as sell out very fast. Good to see traditional Japanese event.
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Posted On : 2024-03-22 16:15:13
Posted By : L_P
Very nice and attentive guide answered any questions at the sumo event. Just wish we could have been closer but appreciated that we were on the South side instead of East or West.
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Posted On : 2024-03-20 20:22:51
Posted By : Richard_D
Fun afternoon . Limited information given re sumo before the session about the wrestling . You can take your own food & drink into the arena or buy it there. Great fun never the less . Session ran from 3-6pm with the main event taking place between 4-6pm.
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Posted On : 2024-03-20 19:26:47
