Institute for Japanese Culture Experience and Education -IJCEE-

Guided Tour

Japanese cultural experience programs for foreign people are basically conducted in English. Please make inquiries if you need other languages. Japanese people can also join the programs.

Sumo Special Event at Kokugikan : 29th April (WS03)

This is a special event! You will see Yokozuna and other top class sumo wrestlers at Kokugikan (the national sport hall) !

Meet at your hotel. Go to Kokugikan and enjoy watching Sumo Wrestling.

Tour includes:Transportation from your hotel to Kokugikan. Watching the Sumo wrestling. Go to the nearest station from Kokugikan.

Does not include lunch.

Special Day Pic.

Sumo Pictures

Detail

Date

29th April 2014

Time

Standard time table 7:45 - 10:45

* Please check Sumo remarks (Click here)

Guide

English speaking certified tour guide-interpreter

Meet at your hotel (Meeting Place)

Designated Place (Your Hotel Lobby) or West Exit of Ryogoku Station (Map)

*For tours within Tokyo: pick-up service from hotels is available. Select a hotel that is located within 10 minutes walk from any station on the Yamanote line or within the Yamanote line circle. Tour fee includes public transportation such as JR railway, subway and/or bus. For taxi or hired car, supplementary fees will be charged.

Duration and Program Fee

Program Fee (Per Group in Japanese yen)

Number of Participants	1	2	3	4	Over 5people *1
7:45 - 10:45	11,000	14,000	18,000	22,000	+4,000

*1: each additional person

Sumo Calendar

Please use this calender when you'd like to check the dates.

	Training period - stable tour available in Tokyo
	No training period due to absence - Tokyo tournament season
	Training period - stable tour available in Osaka
	No training period due to absence - Osaka tournament season
	Training period - stable tour available in Nagoya
	No training period due to absence - Nagoya tournament season
	Special Event Day (You're lucky! Please ask us. info@ijcee.com)
	Sold Out
	Off-season

Application Procedure

Step1: Please send the following information to IJCEE at info@ijcee.com.

1. Desired program name 2. Desired date and time 3. Number of participants (including children) 4. Group leader's name 5. Group leader's nationality 6. With or without pick-up

Step2: IJCEE will reply and inform whether or not the program is available..

Step3: Please purchase ticket(s) using the form below. You can pay with your credit card, debit card and PayPal acount.

When you click the "add to cart" button, you will be directly transferred to the PayPal shopping cart page. Please change the quantity if you would like to buy more than one ticket. Following this, please click the "Proceed to checkout" button.

Sumo Special Event (WS03)

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Please use this button when you'd like to check "Your Shopping Cart".

*If the number of quantity is incorrect, check the "remove" button and click the "update cart" button (on "Your Shopping Cart"). The quantity will return to 0.

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Step4:A payment notification from PayPal will be sent to you after receiving the program fee. Please come to the appointed meeting place on the program day with a copy of this mail. Our IJCEE staff will be waiting for you with a name-board.

Remarks

Please keep in mind following precautions when you visit sumo stables.

1: A sumo stable is not a facility for tourists. Sumo wrestlers are practicing very hard and seriously every day. So please don't forget to show respect to the stable master and wrestlers.

2: Please watch the practice quietly and do not move around in the stable.

3: Please do not talk in the stable. Even your whispering voice may disturb the wrestlers.

4: Please don't stand on the ring or on the sandy ground. The ring is the sacred place for the wrestlers.

5: At the entrance of the stable, please take off your shoes and step onto the tatami floor (rush mat floor). Then sit on the floor.

When you sit on the floor, please cross your legs and don't stretch your legs toward the ring. It is considered impolite to show the soles of feet to the wrestlers.

6: Please take off your hat and sunglasses inside the stable.

7: Inside the stable, you are not allowed to eat or drink or smoke. So please keep in mind "No food, no drink and no chewing gum and candies."

8: You can take photos during the practice but you are not allowed to stand up or move around.

Please do not use flash more than necessary and do not use cameras with a loud motor and shutter sound.

9: Please turn off your mobile phone.

10 :Once you start watching practice, you are supposed to stay until the wrestlers finish their practice. So please try not to leave the stable during the practice.