Watching Sumo– tax –
Tickets, venues, seats, and what a day at a tournament is like.
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Ryogoku Kokugikan: Inside Japan’s National Sumo Hall
Ryogoku Kokugikan is the building where professional sumo lives. Three of the six annual tournaments are held here, in a hall of 11,098 seats in the Yokoami district of Tokyo, two minutes on foot from Ryogoku Station. It also holds a mus... -
How to Buy Sumo Tickets in Japan: Prices, Seats and Timing
Sumo tickets are sold for one full day of a 15-day tournament, and exactly one website sells them in English. Tickets go on sale about two months before the first day, and the days people want most can disappear within hours of the sale ...
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