How To Watch A Sumo Morning Training Session blog.gaijinpot.com

But there’s a way to experience this centuries’ old sport up close and personal — as in twenty feet away personal – by visiting a sumo stable and watching the morning training session, known as asageiko.
The district is the home of Japan’s national sport and it’s at the Ryogoku Kokugikan sumo stadium where you can watch the Tokyo sumo tournament.
Some beya allow tourists to watch a morning training session while their wrestlers are at a shukusha, depending on availability.
Apart from these times, you’ve got a pretty good chance of catching a morning training session throughout the year.
Step Three: Get up at the crack of dawnForeshadowing events to come, you’ll have to wake up at the crack of dawn to see a sumo training session.