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Reviews

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  Ian K,

  Jul 28, 2025

  - 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

  - 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

  - Viator

  5.00

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

• Sumo recommended but tour overpriced

  Heather F,

  Jun 22, 2024

  - 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.

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  Eve S,

  May 26, 2024

  - 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!