Good evening, I’m in tokyo.
I have heard one of the cool things to do in Tokyo is to attend a sumo wrestling practice very early in the morning. I would like to do this, however right now it appears that most of Japan is on holiday. Also there is not a tournament going on, the tournament is next month in january.
I do not have anyone to ask this question who may be completely knowledgeable about this. But does anybody know if sumo practices are still allowing people to attend them? I don’t know if the sumo wrestlers are on holiday or something.
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With covid, it is unlikely that they would let people go inside any of their building. Cannot tell if they practice during the holiday, but if there is a tournament in January, I would guess they want to train.
Thing is, you do not have to enter the building to see them practice, here is an example of a place where you can see them practice from outside and the video was done during covid : https://youtu.be/5mUl3ztJj54?t=3606
Wrestlers basically train daily but they are absolutely not allowing anyone into stables to watch.