2026-10-31 in Tokyo
This event is 2 days, October 31st and November 1st. You may choose which date to attend with your ticket and you don't have to tell us, but you can't go on both days with 1 ticket. If you want to go on both days, you need 2 tickets.
The event on October 31st is the All-Japan University Sumo Championship. The location is the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, which is the main sumo arena for professional sumo. This date combines a team event with the individual championship. Many of the best university sumo wrestlers turn pro and can be found in the top divisions of professional sumo. This is an amateur sumo event.
They only plan to open the 1st floor of the venue, which means you will be sitting in a Japanese-style Box. You may sit anywhere that is open, all seats are unreserved. Please remove your shoes before entering the Box. Please see our website for photos of Boxes in the Tokyo venue (cushion is probably not included for this event):
https://www.buysumotickets.com/sumo/tokyo-sumo-tournaments#tickets
The doors open at 9:00am and the event begins at 10:00am. It is scheduled to end at approximately 5:30pm. Matches will take place throughout the day, and you may arrive and leave at any time that you want.
Tickets are 2,000 yen each. There is only 1 price and all seats are unreserved (first come, first served). This price is the face value of the ticket, we are not charging service for this event. Children 14 years old and younger do not need a ticket, but the event staff has the right to ask for ID to prove age.