Grand Sumo Tour 2019 Spring Tour Sumo wrestling Nara place

Spring Sumo Tour 2019 Nara place is a sumo tour held in Nara prefecture. It is held in Naraden Arena in Nara city. During the tour, sumo wrestlers have public practice which is very rare to see. Also, people can talk and take photos with sumo wrestlers during the tour.

The grand sumo tour (Oozumo) sponsored by the Japan Sumo Association is the most famous and authoritative competition in a sumo wrestling performed all over the world.
Regular sumo tournament is held in odd-numbered month in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya and Fukuoka. In even-numbered month, sumo is held in all over Japan and that is called Grand Sumo Tour.

In the tour, there are various events on the theme of interaction with fans as well as actual sumo game, so Sumo beginner funs can enjoy enough.
The venue in Tokyo is Kokugikan (see Kokugikan, national sports # Japanese national sports in detail). Those who stand on the ring and those that can participate are limited to men (there is no regulation concerning gay, transgender, or semi - negative yang, which looks like men).

Oozumo is a professional sumo competition supported by the Japan Sumo Association. It is the most famous and authoritative athletic performance of sumo in the world.
Sumo (相撲 , sumō) is a competitive full-contact wrestling sport where a rikishi (wrestler) attempts to force another wrestler out of a circular ring (dohyō) or into touching the ground without anything other than the soles of his feet. The characters, 相撲 literally mean "striking one another".
The sport originated in Japan, the only country where it is practiced professionally. It is generally considered a gendai budō (a modern Japanese martial art), but this definition is misleading, as the sport has a history spanning many centuries. Many ancient traditions have been preserved in sumo, and even today the sport includes many ritual elements, such as the use of salt purification, from the days when sumo was used in the Shinto religion. Life as a wrestler is highly regimented, with rules regulated by the Japan Sumo Association. Most sumo wrestlers are required to live in communal sumo training stables, known in Japanese as heya, where all aspects of their daily lives—from meals to their manner of dress—are dictated by strict tradition.

In recent years, a number of high-profile controversies and scandals rocked the sumo world, with an associated effect on its reputation and ticket sales, while also affecting the sport's ability to attract new recruits. Despite this setback, sumo's popularity and general attendance has rebounded due to having multiple yokozuna (or grand champions) for the first time in a number of years and other high-profile wrestlers such as Endō and Ichinojō grabbing the public's attention.

In addition to its use as a trial of strength in combat, sumo has also been associated with Shinto ritual, and even certain shrines carry out forms of ritual dance where a human is said to wrestle with a kami (a Shinto divine spirit); see Shinto origins of sumo. It was an important ritual at the imperial court, where representatives of each province were ordered to attend the contest at the court and fight. The contestants were required to pay for their travels themselves. The contest was known as sumai no sechie, or "sumai party".

Schedule & Ticket

Place information

• Ifinden Arena (Nara City Central Gymnasium)
  ならでんアリーナ（奈良市中央体育館）

  Address

  日本、〒630-8108 奈良県奈良市法蓮佐保山４丁目１−３  Map

• Kakogawa City General Stadium
  加古川市立総合体育館

  Address

  日本、〒675-0047 兵庫県加古川市西神吉町鼎１０１０  Map

• Toyooka City General Stadium
  豊岡市立総合体育館

  Address

  日本、〒668-0041 兵庫県豊岡市大磯町１−７５  Map

• Nishio City General Gymnasium
  西尾市 総合体育館

  Address

  日本、〒445-0006 愛知県西尾市小島町大郷１−１  Map

• Esforta Arena Hachioji
  エスフォルタアリーナ 八王子

  Address

  日本、〒193-0941 東京都八王子市狭間町１４５３−１  Map

• Tokyo Budokan
  東京武道館

  Address

  日本、〒120-0005 東京都足立区綾瀬３丁目２０−１  Map

• Hama River gymnasium
  浜川体育館

  Address

  日本、〒370-0081 群馬県高崎市浜川町１４８７  Map

• Ome City Municipal Gymnasium
  青梅市総合体育館

  Address

  日本、〒198-0036 東京都青梅市河辺町４丁目１６−１  Map

• Yokohama Arena
  横浜アリーナ

  Address

  日本、〒222-0033 神奈川県横浜市港北区新横浜3−１０  Map

• Machida City General Stadium
  町田市立総合体育館

  Address

  日本、〒194-0045 東京都町田市南成瀬５−１２  Map

• Toyama City General Gymnasium
  富山市総合体育館

  Address

  日本、〒930-0805 富山県富山市湊入船町１２−１  Map

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