{"id":174478,"date":"2025-11-21T17:43:59","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T08:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=event&#038;p=174478&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-11-21T18:49:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T09:49:47","slug":"itoshima-grand-sumo-tournament-2025","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/itoshima-grand-sumo-tournament-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Itoshima Grand Sumo Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Around 200 sumo wrestlers, including all top-division rikishi listed on the November tournament (Kyushu Basho) ranking, gather in Itoshima for a special sumo tour event. Unique to these regional tours are performances like \u201cshokkiri\u201d (comic demonstrations of illegal moves), sumo-themed folk songs (sumo jinku), handshake sessions, and Q&amp;A corners\u2014offering a rare look at the wrestlers\u2019 personalities. Visitors can also watch intense matches up close in this lively, interactive sumo experience.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-174480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fn_itoshima-grand-sumo-tournament_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C1429&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Itoshima Grand Sumo Tournament, \u5927\u76f8\u64b2\u7cf8\u5cf6\u5834\u6240\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fn_itoshima-grand-sumo-tournament_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fn_itoshima-grand-sumo-tournament_2025_cl.jpg?resize=294%2C300&amp;ssl=1 294w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fn_itoshima-grand-sumo-tournament_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1003%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1003w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fn_itoshima-grand-sumo-tournament_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C784&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 12\/2 (Tue.)<br \/>\n\u2022 9:00~15:00 (<a href=\"https:\/\/itoshima.sumo-jungyo.com\" target=\"_blank\">schedule<\/a>)<br \/>\n\u2022 Tickets: \u00a59,000 ~ \u00a516,000 *varies by seating<br \/>\n\u2022 Itoshima City Sports Park Multipurpose Gymnasium<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/xX9Y9ZWP9KCAJfW39\" target=\"_blank\">686-1 Kuramochi, Itoshima City, Fukuoka<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/itoshima.sumo-jungyo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/itoshima.sumo-jungyo.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Around 200 sumo wrestlers, including all top-division rikishi listed on the November tournament (Kyushu Basho) ranking&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":174480,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-174478","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-itoshima","event-type-sports","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/174478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174478"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}