Sumo Stable Tour: Nagoya
Nagoya has one guided sumo morning practice visit — at a Takasago stable housed inside Ryushoin temple in Aichi — and it is the only one that provides chairs instead of asking you to sit on the floor.
Nagoya’s sumo calendar is dominated by the July tournament, but there is a morning practice visit here too — and it has one feature no Tokyo visit offers.
The visit
Nagoya: Authentic Sumo, Not a Show, with English Guide — 5.0 from 9 verified visitors, from $94.16 (August 2026). The Takasago stable’s Nagoya quarters are inside a temple: Ryushoin, at Kanie-cho, Ama-gun, Aichi. Your guide meets you at the temple entrance.
The differentiator: the listing states that although you would normally sit on the ground, on this tour you can sit on a chair. If floor-sitting for ninety minutes is what has been putting you off a stable visit, this is the one to look at. You also get the same commemorative photograph opportunity with a wrestler.
The review count is small — nine — so treat the 5.0 rating as encouraging rather than settled. The Tokyo field is where the deep review pools are.
Why a stable is in Nagoya at all
During the run-up to a tournament, stables relocate to the host city and train there — which is why temples, gyms and community halls around Nagoya host stables in the weeks before the July basho. It also means availability here is more seasonal and more schedule-dependent than in Tokyo.
The 2026 Nagoya tournament
The Nagoya basho runs 12–26 July 2026 at the IG Arena. Practice visits do not run during the tournament itself, but the weeks approaching it are exactly when stables are in town. If you are planning around it, book the practice visit for before the tournament opens and a tournament ticket for during. The Nagoya sumo calendar is tracked independently at sumoinnagoya.com.
If you would rather have the deeper review pool
Nine reviews is nine reviews. Tokyo’s morning practice visits carry hundreds each, run year-round, and cost the same — the trade is that you will be on the floor rather than in a chair.
The morning practice visits currently running
Ratings, review counts and “from” prices as listed in August 2026; the live price for your date is in the booking widget.
| Visit | Rating · reviews | From | What is different |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guided by a sumo journalist | 4.9 · 241 | $93.41 | The highest-rated of the deep-review visits: a national-newspaper sumo correspondent guides at Takasago-beya; special stable permission |
| Takasago-beya with English guide | 4.7 · 415 | $94.16 | One of the sport’s most prestigious stables; 07:45 at Ryogoku, practice from 08:00 |
| Near Tokyo Skytree, photo with the wrestlers | 4.7 · 136 | $94.16 | Meets at Tokyo Skytree Station; a stable with two top-division wrestlers; floor cushion, no chairs |
| Ring-side seat and photoshoot | 4.8 · 132 | $94.16 | A reserved ring-side seat and a group photo with the wrestlers; meets at Kiyosumi-Shirakawa; age 12 and over |
| Q&A with a sumo expert | 4.9 · 80 | $88.38 | Takasago-beya, then short guided stops at the Kokugikan and Edo NOREN; floor cushion; not for children under 5 |
| Nagoya — inside a temple, with chairs | 5.0 · 9 | $94.16 | Takasago stable at Ryushoin temple, Aichi; the one visit with seating |
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The journalist-guided morning practice — Takasago-beya in Ryogoku, with a sumo specialist who covers the sport for a national newspaper, and commemorative photos. 4.9/5 from 241 verified visitors, from about $93 per person (August 2026). Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
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