Stand on an actual Sumo ring and face off with an ex-Sumo wrestler. Traditionally, not allowed to stand on the Sumo ring, this experience also allows women to experience something that has only been a male bastion.

With this tour, you will be given a lunch or gift ticket, which you can spend on 11 stores. You have the option of skipping lunch, and can exchange the meal voucher for souvenirs, making this tour ideal for people who are pressed for time.

WHERE: The Sumo display happens at Edo Noren, a two-story food and shopping center in Tokyo opened in November 2016 as part of the redevelopment of Ryogoku Station. Ryogoku is the heartland of Japanese sumo and Ryogoku Station is less than five minutes’ walk from the Kokugikan sumo stadium and close to a number of sumo stables or heya – where sumo wrestlers live and train.

Edo Noren has a sumo ring as part of its “Edo era” design and among the dozen or so restaurants in the complex are perfect for tourists. The restaurants offer many Japanese delicacies such as sushi, okonomiyaki, yakitori, noodles, and tempura.

There is a lot to see and do in the Ryogoku area including the Edo-Tokyo Museum, the new Sumida Hokusai Museum, the Ryogoku Fireworks Museum and the Ruins of Kira Yoshinaka’s House, Kira Yoshinaka being the man murdered by the 47 Ronin in the ultimate revenge attack way back in 1703..

Access – How to Get There
Edo Noren
1-3-20 Yokoami
Sumida-Ku, Tokyo (JR Ryogoku Station West Exit)
Hours: 10am-11.30pm; closed January 1-2

Note: Sumo experience takes place on every Tuesday from 10:00 am- 11:00 am. Reservation required.