Spend a Sumo evening in the capital of Japan, attend battles and taste one of Japan’s most traditional dishes!
The symbol of a whole population, the sport par excellence in Japan: the Sumo. And if you come to discover and attend a sumos tournament during an exceptional day in the heart of Tokyo ? With tickets only for you, you leave your hotel to join the old sumotoris fighters, namely the Ryogoku Kokugikan.
A national sport and an unsurpassed spectacle
At the beginning of the afternoon, around 2:00 p.m., a shuttle takes you quietly to the Sumo battle hall. You will attend a real sumos combat tournament, these joyiateurs nippons to the imposing physics that compete in bare hands by seeking to immobilize their opponent by the strength of their body and mind. Each fight contains a staging with the presentation of the participants.
To better understand what is happening in the ring that is clay and covered with a layer of sand, you can use, from your sitting room in class B on the second floor of Ryogoku Kokugikan, your helmet to listen to the comments in English. Each game goes like a flash, sometimes not even a minute.
It is in this effervescence that you will enjoy to the maximum of a show that you don’t see anywhere else. Moreover, the show is not all the time in the middle of the arena, it is also in the bleachers around you.
For those who want to discover the world of sumo(toris) more extensively, there is also the possibility to go to the museum of sumo where you will learn more about this centuries-old cultural tradition (more than 1500 years). Discover the important objects that are related to the world of sumo, ceremonial aprons, wood engravings, paravents...
A traditional tasting
After the tournament, you will have the opportunity to dine in a local restaurant to taste what is one of the most traditional dishes of the sumos, namely Chankonabe. It is a Japanese fondue made in a traditional pot. The fondue consists of fish or chicken broth, tofu, chicken, Chinese cabbage and shiitake mushrooms. The proposed menu is vegetarian or traditional.
Come and discover the electric and totally crazy atmosphere of the sumos fights with the elite of the sumos, namely the famous Yokozuna and vibrate to the sound of drums, cries, whistles, applause.
Main photo credit: Wikimedia - Pomakis
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