- Overview
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- 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.
- What to expect
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- Map of destination or departure area
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