We had a private tour of the sumo historic area of Tokyo. Our guide Taka was excellent - very friendly, informative and happy to answer questions. The chanko-nabe meal was plentiful and delicious.
事業者からの返答
Thank you for choosing our Ryogoku sumo town, history and culture tour. We are delighted to hear that you enjoyed this tour and chanko nabe lunch. We hope you will have another chances to see the grand sumo tournament and sumo wrestlers in Tokyo. Your wonderful review is highly appreciated.
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Victor_A
May 3, 2026 · via Viator
Great way to kickoff our first day in Tokyo
More than just sumo. The sumo education was fascinating as was the overall leanings of Japan and the area. Our guide Jeff was very friendly and answered all our questions.
The hotpot meal at the end was fantastic. Thank you
事業者からの返答
Thank you for your 5-star review.
Please find below your guide Jeff's response to your review.
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Hi Victor-san,
Thank you very much for your 5-star review for Tokyo Sumo Culture Tour with Chanko-Nabe
Lunch in Ryogoku on May 3, 2026. It is my pleasure if you enjoyed the tour and got better
understaning about Sumo and Ryogoku town.
I also enjoyed the time and lunch with you and your mother.
I hope to see you again at the time of your next visit to Japan./Jeff MIYAZAKI
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C104CFadamv
March 28, 2026 · via Tripadvisor
An amazing walking tour experience
An absolutely incredible experience! Our guide Taka was a true gentleman who spoke perfect English, was so kind and had an amazing knowledge of history and the location. The lunch afterwards was also delicious. Would absolutely recommend this to anyone! Thanks so much. Taka!
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Michael E
November 14, 2025 · via Tripadvisor
Excursion to Ryogoku.
We had a very nice trip in the Ryogoku neighborhood during which we learned a lot about the history of the neighborhood and its connection to sumo sports. Also the subsequent food was very good.
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Kathy_N
November 6, 2025 · via Viator
Taka our guide was...
Taka our guide was excellent. But our timing was tight - we knew we were btn sumo tournaments & wouldn't see any actual sessions, but then found out Sundays even the training facility tours were not open. Lovely lunch & other sights, but touring that day wasn't really worth the $$ & time.
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Gleb_G
November 1, 2025 · via Viator
Very nice tour. Would recommend.
Tour guide was wonderful, experienced, knowledgeable, we had a great time with Jeff.
Downside: museum was closed. Lunch was great.
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normanm34
August 1, 2025 · via Tripadvisor
Getting to know sumo!
Our guide for the day was Shizue (Sue). Sue was extremely knowledgeable and great fun to be with. She really took the time to get to know us personally which helped the flow of the tour. We chose this tour because it's about the history of sumo and Sue did not disappoint. We highly recommend this tour and Sue!
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juanramonl817
May 25, 2025 · via Tripadvisor
Sumo culture tour in Ryogoku
Mr. taka very funny, very kind and very attentive trying to make us comfortable at all times, great professional and knowledgeable in the art of sumo
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Trek57573992176
May 24, 2025 · via Tripadvisor
Very informative tour
The tour was really interesting, learned a lot about sumo and saw some good sights around the area they live and train in. We also were shown a few other sights around the area including a nice garden with a pond. Our guide Shizue was really nice and enthusiastic and she explained things very well. The lunch we had was great, had a lot of different elements to it and we can understand why the sumo wrestlers eat it as it's a very hearty meal. Overall a really nice experience and would recommend to anyone interested in sumo.
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Boomer_B
March 21, 2025 · via Viator
Deep dive beautiful walk of sumo history in Ryogoku
It was my two nephews and I first ever visit and this tour was a great experience! We had a private tour with Jeff who was kind, fun, and informative. Loved walking through Ryogoku and getting not just sumo history but town and artists history. Fun anecdotal stories, interesting sights and a fabulous lunch to top it off. Jeff was great and took/shared lots of photos for the three of us. I'd say the only drawback was the timing of our trip bc all the Sumo world was in Osaka for the tournament but that was just dumb luck, highly recommend
