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2025 Grand Sumo Tournaments
Veronica CarnevaleEvery year, the Japan Sumo Association hosts six Grand Sumo Tournaments, or honbasho, and each competition lasts 15 days. Tok...
All you need to know about the world of Sumo: championships, museums, initiation courses and training.
Every year, the Japan Sumo Association hosts six Grand Sumo Tournaments, or honbasho, and each competition lasts 15 days. Tok...
Japan's second grand sumo tournament is held in Osaka at the EDION Arena Osaka. This 15-day event is a part of a six-tourname...
After the July tournament in Nagoya, the fifth Grand Sumo Tournament returns to Tokyo. This 15-day event is a part of a six-t...
Japan's six-tournament sumo season starts in mid-January with the January Grand Sumo Tournament.
Maximize your enjoyment of your visit to the sumo in Tokyo's Ryogoku area, and discover what goes on inside the Kokugikan.
The Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament will feature a host of veterans and up-and-coming wrestlers at the Dolphins Arena in Nagoya.
Professional sumo's third tournament of the year is held in Tokyo at the Ryogoku Kokugikan from mid-to-late May.
Each year Yasukuni Shrine holds a ceremonial sumo event where you can watch sumo wrestling for free
A great alternative to paying huge prices to see Sumo Wrestling tournaments in Japan is to join a tour to visit one of the ma...
Hidden behind Dazaifu's main sites, is a lesser known one where men train their special art everyday to the point of brutal e...
The Sumo Museum is in a small enclave of Ryogoku Kokugikan stadium, is open year-round, and has free admission.
Discover Japan's national sport at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. Soak up the atmosphere as the world's top sumo wrestlers b...