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  Ian K,

  Jul 28, 2025

  - Review from Viator

  5.00

  There was a major difference between the price printed on the ticket and the price your agency charged me. I will tell my friends and I will not buy from you again.

• Unique wonderful experience

  Walid L,

  Jul 22, 2025

  - Review from Viator

  5.00

  It’s a unique chance to witness a true Japanese cultural and sporting event that can not be seen anywhere else in the world

• Excellent experience at Osaka Grand Sumo

  Trevor D,

  Mar 24, 2025

  - Review from Viator

  5.00

  Ken from Island Travel Specialists sorted out an excellent experience and was super easy to deal with

• The Summum of Sumo

  TravelPim,

  Jul 23, 2024

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  Very last minute decision to try to find tickets for the Grand Sumo Tournament in Nagayo. Ken helped and did his best to find us the best tickets possible. And on Sunday we received confirmation for Monday! So took the train from Osaka and had a great day. Ken informed me about the seating and rules in the stadium (& gave some great tips), as well as the app with a lot more Sumo info. Would highly recommend this unique Japanese, traditional experience!

  

  

  

• Appreciate Ken for pushing thru this purchase. All the hard work put into getting us these tickets.. Appreciate you Ken.

  tjacque88,

  Jul 18, 2024

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  The views were amazing! place was captivating. thank you Ken for the wonderful memories! Thank you for making this happen for us.

  

• Sumo recommended but tour overpriced

  Heather F,

  Jun 22, 2024

  - Review from Viator

  3.00

  I live in Japan and wanted to purchase Sumo Tournament tickets as an anniversary gift for my partner. Online, there were many $250 (USD) tickets available for good box seats. Not knowing anything about sumo, however, I opted to purchase two of these $495 tours ($990 total) from Viator assuming that we would have decent seats and a guide to stay with us throughout the matches to explain what was going on. Boy, was I mistaken. What the tour actually included was a meetup where the guide (very nice guy) talked to us (nine participants total) outside the stadium during the first hour of the tournament. He discussed sumo and had a couple people play-fight in a circle on the ground as other reviews have mentioned. Then we went in to the stadium where he handed each of us the $16 (2,500 yen) tickets and advised us that we could scatter into the better seats until we were kicked out and then would have to move to our assigned seats in the very top row of the top balcony. Then he was gone and we never saw him again. So if you have difficulty with the website or just want someone to actually buy your tickets for you and walk you into the stadium, then by all means go for this tour because watching sumo was fun! Just know that you may be paying nearly $500 per person for a $16 ticket and an hour of sumo chat outside the stadium. I’ve done many Viator tours over the years and this is the first one in which I’ve been disappointed by what I perceive to be a gross cost v. value discrepancy.

• A must see

  314rosemariem,

  Jun 7, 2024

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  Magnificent show, great atmosphere. You can spend the day drinking and eating in the reserved squares. The best fights are around 2:30 p.m.

• go deeper with your sumo knowledge

  Eve S,

  May 26, 2024

  - Review from Viator

  5.00

  Ken was enthusiastic and friendly and practices sumo himself. He was the perfect tour guide. We toured around the area where we were given great stories and history lessons. He then gave us tickets to go into the stadium to watch the matches. We had a great time!

• Nice experience that tells you what it is all about

  Charles B,

  May 25, 2024

  - Review from Viator

  4.00

  Kenneth is very knowledgeable. He is also known to the locals and sometimes they jump in to participate. The tour before going to the national Tournament took about an hour. The guides explanation of the rituals and the rules made watching the tournament enjoyable. Otherwise we would have be lost. The temple we visited with him was probably the most enjoyable temple we visited. Nothing fancy, no tourist, just a very solemn experience right in the middle of town and he explanations were very good. We went to the Sumo Tournament before lunch. As you can see by the pictures, the place was basically empty and the lack of a crowd made it sorta of boring. We left for lunch and came back later and as you can see in the pictures, the place was packed. This created a very different experience than the morning experience. Unless you want to sit on the floor, ask for seats on the second level. Real chairs. Finding your seat is probably the most challenging task. If you are willing to sit on a pillow/mat, I would suggest those not right next to the ring. No wrestlers will fall on you and there is a metal bar defining your box space that you can lean against giving your back a rest. I am not sure what this experience would be like if the national tournament was happening at the time, but the tournament made it a great experience. Kenneth contacted us while we were still in the United States to make sure everything was arranged. That was a very nice touch and one less thing to worry about

  

  

  

  

  

  

• Grat Sumo tournament experience

  Sascha S,

  May 21, 2024

  - Review from Viator

  4.00

  Of course the Sumo Tournament and if you get Kenneh Miller as you Tour guy you will have a good time and fun. Aloha

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  
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