Nagoya: Grand Sumo Tournament Tour

Overview

Book a tour to view the Grand Sumo Tournament in Nagoya and optionally explore the Nagoya Castle, on an expert-guided small-group tour. Sit upright with chair B or chair S seating tickets; easier to sit than on a flat floor in box seats. Immerse yourself in the sumo experience with real-time commentaries by our knowledgeable guide using an earphone guide system!

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Description

The grand sumo tournament tour in Nagoya is a small group tour with real-time commentaries by a sumo expert guide. Nagoya is conveniently located from the nearby Osaka / Kyoto area; about 50-minute train ride from Osaka and 34-minute from Kyoto. What decisively differentiates this grand sumo tournament tour is the guide’s attentiveness to each traveler to make the experience memorable. Firstly, each traveler will receive a package which includes: 1) A pamphlet showing photos and profiles of wrestlers with English translation. The guide will walk you through it as you watch fights. 2) A cheer-up towel for a particular wrestler. The guide will show you how to use it when the wrestler is going to fight; cheering up a particular wrestler will significantly increase the joy of watching. 3) A sumo booklet which tells pretty much all about sumo. Secondly, using an earphone guide system, your guide will provide real-time commentaries through your headset throughout the tournament. Toward the end of the tournament, you will ① Enjoy the fighting and have lots of fun. ② Get excited with your fellow travelers while cheering up a wrestler with your cheer-up towel. ③ Learn a lot about sumo by listening to your guide’s real-time commentaries. You will watch the bouts by top-division wrestlers for 3 hours from 15 o’clock. While some might think “the longer the viewing hours, the better,” our experience tells otherwise; in the past, those who started to watch much earlier got bored over time and left the arena before the top division match started! Hence, let’s start watching the bouts at 15 o’clock with all our might. Apart from the tournament itself, what it’s hard to pass up is that the arena is in the site of the Nagoya castle, from which the third largest metropolis in Japan made a humble start. Built in early 17th century, the castle exhibits most of the traits Japanese castles offer. Our local expert guide will give you an in-depth tour in the castle for two hours from 13 to 15 o’clock. We are going to use either Chair S or Chair A seats in the arena. Unlike box seats where four spectators are seated on a 1.3m x 1.3m flat square floor with cushions, you can sit comfortably in a chair all the time. Regardless of whether you take the Nagoya Castle walking tour option, the tour will end inside the Dolphins Arena at 6PM when all the bouts are over.