{"id":34455,"date":"2023-12-13T20:09:33","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T12:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/?p=34455"},"modified":"2026-03-11T10:45:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T02:45:29","slug":"day-06-tokyo-arashio-beya-sumo-stable-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2023\/12\/13\/day-06-tokyo-arashio-beya-sumo-stable-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 06 @ Tokyo \u2013 Arashio-beya Sumo Stable Visit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Day 06 and we spent the day exploring more places in Tokyo. The amount of walking we’d done in the first five days though – and we’re routinely clocking in around 15,000 steps each day – had started to take its toll, with toes and feet beginning to get sore. So much so that I had to drag myself out of bed early this morning for our planned visit to the Arashio-beya Sumo Stable<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The stable was fairly easy to get to from our Tokyo stay: we made our way to Hamacho Station, and from there it’s a short 5 minute walk. We arrived at about 8:30AM. The training session at this free-to-observe sumo stable starts at 8:30AM, and by the time we arrived there were already about a dozen other visitors watching the discipline. Most of the crowd at this point were Caucasians, and from overhearing later conversations, we concluded that they were part of a guided tour led by an English-speaking Westerner. The crowd grew a little larger later as more visitors joined in. The slightly later-than-planned time we arrived for this visit actually worked very well: because after the training segment ended at 9:15AM, presumably for a break, two of the sumo wrestlers came out for pictures with visitors, much to the delight of the crowd.<\/p>\n

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The wrestlers were intense.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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They apparently abide by a strictly controlled diet to reach their size.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Two wrestlers came out for pictures during their break.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Peter was a little shy about taking pictures, but the two that came out were really friendly.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The souvenir shop just opposite the stable. Pretty crowded!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Wrestlers chatting with visitors.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

From earlier research I had expected the viewing side of the stable to have only half-height windows, so I was pleasantly surprised to see full-height windows instead, affording visitors a great view of the training. The observing crowd was remarkably well-behaved, which I assume was partly because the guided group had already been well briefed on the decorum required to observe the training.<\/p>\n

Hopefully P does not get any funny career ideas! A friend replying to our Facebook post joked, “You never know,” and another from our small group quipped that it’s actually a great profession: professional sumo wrestlers are wealthy, attain high social status, and often marry some of the most beautiful models and actresses!<\/p>\n

There is also a small souvenir shop selling all manner of sumo-themed items just opposite the stable.<\/p>\n

With an hour-long visit done, we headed out to our next stop: the Cat Cafe Mocha Harajuku!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Day 06 and we spent the day exploring more places in Tokyo. The amount of walking we’d done in the first five days though – and we’re routinely clocking in around 15,000 steps each day – had started to take<\/p>\n

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