🚘 Morning sumo practice in Ryogoku — half day
Ryogoku → Sumo stable → Chanko lunch → Kokugikan
Visit: Tokyo Metropolitan Area
Duration: 4 hours (approx.)
Lunch: Included
Language: English/Japanese/Chinese/Portuguese/Spanish/Dutch/Nepalese
A sumo stable's morning practice starts very early and is not ticketed — you get in through a relationship, not a booking site. Afterwards, chanko nabe for lunch: the same pot the wrestlers eat from. Stables take visitors on their own schedule, so we confirm the date together with the quote.
- hours
- 4
- per car
- ¥36,740
About this Tour
This special tour allows you to observe the morning practice of a sumo stable where top-ranked sumo wrestlers (known as Sekitori, alongside those in the top division) belong, and to share a meal with the wrestlers and stablemaster, including chanko stew.
The practice observation starts at 8:00 AM. The stable is about 30-40 minutes away by car, so we depart from Tokyo at 7:15 AM. During the car ride, our driver-guide will explain the history and rules of sumo. The practice ends around 9:30 AM, and afterward, you can enjoy a meal with the wrestlers while conversing with them.
Our guide will act as an interpreter, ensuring smooth communication with the wrestlers. If you're lucky, you might even get to chat with the stablemaster. Photography is, of course, permitted. (We may decline requests for videos)
Unlike other tours where you're often surrounded by many foreign tourists, this sumo stable is difficult to reach without a car, so there are very few foreign tourists.
🕖 Departure: 7:15 am🕔 Tour ends: 11:00 am
🕐 The day, hour by hour
07:00Hotel pickup
Hotel
07:45Visit1.5 hours
Ryogoku sumo stable — morning practice
09:30Visit30′
Kokugikan sumo museum
10:15Lunch (your pick)1 hours
Chanko nabe — the wrestlers' daily hotpot
11:30Hotel drop-off
Back to the hotel
📍 Itinerary idea
Pick-up at your hotel
Sumo Stable （Onomatsu Stable）
3.5 hours
Experience the world of professional sumo at the Onomatsu Stable. Witness the intensity of a morning training session, followed by an authentic Chanko-nabe meal shared with the wrestlers and their stablemaster.
Drop-off at your hotel
Chauffeur / English Speaker Guide
Our chauffeurs go through a rigorous selection process, and extensively trained on driving skills, Tokyo geography and history. They are energetic and passionate about their jobs, friendly and eager to please our customers. They are ready to go above and beyond to make your trip memorable and worthwhile, and often have a special (and pleasant) surprise for you and your guest. When you think about it, they are much more than a driver/tour guide. They are your personal concierge. Please join one of our tours, and we guarantee to deliver the best experience.
Our Services
- 💧 Bottled water
- 💧 Tour guide in English
- 💧 Taking photos service
- 💧 Snacks
*Anniversary gift service
* Please request * items when you reserve this tour.
Additional Info
- • Pick-up and drop-off locations are in Tokyo’s 23 wards, Mitaka City or Musashino City.
- • This tour will have a maximum of 9 passengers.
- • This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
- • Advance reservations can be made a minimum of 48 hours before departure.
- • The Tours are subject to extra charge (usually 20% of the base price) in case of early morning and late night departure and/or arrival.
- • Some tours may not be available on requested dates due to holiday schedule or a scheduled closure of business.
- • We reserve the right to assign a type of vehicle (Sedan, Minivan or Van) most suitable for your trip, based on the size of your party.
- • Most travelers can participate.
- • Our tour images are for illustrative purposes only.
- • The following fees will apply to the cancellation.
- • We will charge a cancellation fee of 100% if booking is canceled 1 day or less before the event
- • We will charge a cancellation fee of 50% if booking is canceled 2 days or less before the event
- • We will charge a cancellation fee of 30% if booking is canceled 10 days or less before the event
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The price includes
A private vehicle for the whole day · driver · fuel · hotel pickup
⚠ Price covers car, driver and fuel. It does NOT include a guide, entry tickets, expressway tolls or parking.
🗓 All private tours must be booked at least 7 days ahead.
Up to 6 guests per vehicle — beyond that we add a second car.
- • How does booking work — is it instant?
- It is not an instant-confirm button. You send a request at the bottom of this page and we reply with a written quote: the final price, exactly what it covers, and the cancellation terms for that specific trip. The booking exists only once you accept that quote. Slower than a Book Now button, but nothing gets sold to you that is not actually available.
- • Will we be grouped with other travellers?
- No. Every tour in these two sections is private: your party only, your own vehicle, your own host. No sharing, no waiting on strangers.
- • Where does pickup and drop-off happen?
- Pickup and drop-off at your hotel inside the central area of the city named on the tour, included in the price. Outside that area we can still collect you — the surcharge is written into the quote, never added when you get in the car.
- • Can the itinerary be changed?
- Yes. The hour-by-hour schedule above is the version that works best, not a fixed mould. More driving time, a different meal, an extra night, or dropping a leg — write it in your request; the price moves with it and the change is spelled out in the quote.
- • What languages does the team speak?
- Put the language you want in your request. The quote tells you whether someone who speaks it is free ON YOUR DATE — we do not promise a language and then tell you on the day that nobody is available.
- • When and how do we pay?
- You pay nothing before you have read and accepted the quote. Payment method, payment dates and which part needs a deposit to hold a third-party booking are all written into that quote. Nothing appears afterwards.
- • How far ahead should we book?
- The earlier the surer. Helicopters, ryokan rooms, supercars and tables at small restaurants all have very few slots a day — money does not conjure one up. Ask anyway if your dates are close: if it is open we will take it, and if it is not we will say so plainly.
Cancellation and date changes
The cancellation terms for your trip are written into your quote, and you read them BEFORE you pay anything.
We do not post one blanket rule like "cancel X days ahead for Y% back" across this section, because every trip holds different bookings: an aircraft charter, a ryokan room, a supercar, a table with a handful of seats. Each supplier has its own terms and most are paid up front. One shared number reads tidily and would be the wrong number on most trips.
The rule we hold to: anything not yet paid out to a supplier can be cancelled, and anything already paid that the supplier will not refund we call non-refundable out loud — at quote time, not at the moment you ask to cancel. If you want a different date, ask before cancelling: moving a booking usually costs far less than dropping it.
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