[Kyoto] Kyoto Sumo Show with Experience & Photo, 2 Drinks Included

• Connect with one of Japan’s most iconic traditions
• Learn about the deeper meaning behind every ritual from your guide
• Watch the dramatic salt purification ritual and live sparring matches
• Feel the ground tremble with thunderous shiko (foot stomps)
• Enjoy a drink and take a photo with the wrestlers

Sit ringside as sumo wrestlers stomp, clash, and battle just meters away, then step into the ring yourself. The show opens like a real tournament. Wrestlers slam the ground in thunderous shiko stomps and throw salt to purify the ring, rituals rooted in Shinto tradition. Your English-speaking MC explains every movement as it happens, so no sumo knowledge is needed. Next come full-force bouts between former professional wrestlers. Learn how they train, why they eat chanko stew, and why sumo has no weight classes, meaning a small wrestler can face a giant twice his size. Then it's your turn. Selected guests put on a traditional belt and take on a wrestler in the ring while the crowd cheers. Every group finishes with a photo alongside the wrestlers.