PR for Hatsu 2020

[Akinomaki 40,477]

The application period for the pre-advance sales ticket lottery has started, goes till Dec. 2nd - the flyer for Hatsu 2020:

Advance ticket sales start on Dec.7th

Edited November 18, 2019 by Akinomaki

[Edwardoho 23]

anyone entering the lottery? 

does anyone know if it needs to be a Japanese number that you call from? I read caller ID needs to work. 

Edited November 21, 2019 by Edwardoho

[rhyen 1,840]

Buy the Masu C and have a celebratory photo with ex-Asahifuji (coming on 60 years)

 

[Edwardoho 23]

Anyone here hoping to buy tickets tomorrow?

Also, what's the lottery that closed 2nd December? I know about the ringside seats lottery but this one is obviously different. 

 

 

[Morning 79]

Good day,

I remember for Fukuoka there was info on the size of the various boxes. Does anybody know where one can find the box sizes for the 1, 2 and 3 person boxes in Tokyo? Also, is there a map where in the arena those are located? 

In Fukuoka they were at the row sides.

Edited December 6, 2019 by Morning

[Tsuchinoninjin 1,269]

It's the same in Tokyo, where the diagonal aisle cuts through the square boxes. You get a little more room per person than the standard 4 person box.

There's some 2 person C masu raku boxes that are full sized 4 person masu but priced for two people and a small table is inside. These sell out incredibly quickly though.

[Morning 79]

Thank you for the reply.

I'm actually trying to go for something in the A area. I remember seeing pictures of the one person boxes being in the middle of the rows, or was that a different venue?

[Akinomaki 40,477]

4 hours ago, Edwardoho said:

Also, what's the lottery that closed 2nd December? I know about the ringside seats lottery but this one is obviously different. 

They had a secondary lottery, apparently there were not that many applying for tickets this time. Maybe a good omen for the chance to get tickets tomorrow. I will only take part in the Natsu basho battle again.

kokugikan seat views from different positions and on google maps street-view http://www.sumo.or.jp/Kokugikan/seat_view

Seat map http://www.sumo.or.jp/pdf/honbasho/kansen/tokyo/kannai_map.pdf

[Edwardoho 23]

Thannks @Akinomaki and good luck to anyone trying to get tickets today!

[since_94 650]

Got tickets for 5 days (3,4,6,9,10) easily. Arena seats C because I go as often as I can on a somewhat limited budget. Still some arena seats left for midweek days as of one hour after tickets went on general public sale.

[Akinomaki 40,477]

As of now, remaining are only day 10 seat C tickets http://sumo.pia.jp/ticketInformation.do?eventCd=1946170

Maybe deemed the day least interesting with many good rikishi likely already kyujo by then.

Usually some tickets will be returned, you can check the resale on the pages from here http://sumo.pia.jp/ticket01.jsp

Looks like the resale pages will stay the same for the whole basho, shown on the right of the sub-pages.

Each masu seat page has a link to the general masu seats resale: http://sumo.pia.jp/resale/purchase/list.do?eventCd=1946178

Linked from the seat page, seat tickets resale: http://sumo.pia.jp/resale/purchase/list.do?eventCd=1946170

Edited December 7, 2019 by Akinomaki

[Edwardoho 23]

I managed to get my Arena A seats for the days I wanted.

Does anyone know if it's possible to book through the Japanese version of the ticketing website without a Japanese address? 

Also, what's the most popular third party website for booking tickets? Viagogo seems v.expensive. 

 

Edited December 7, 2019 by Edwardoho

[Akinomaki 40,477]

It took about 6 hours to reach  total sell-out, leaving just the about 350 same-day tickets on sale each day of the basho http://www.sanspo.com/sports/news/20191207/sum19120718520001-n1.html

- and till then a few that will keep appearing on resale:

8 hours ago, Akinomaki said:

Each masu seat page has a link to the general masu seats resale: http://sumo.pia.jp/resale/purchase/list.do?eventCd=1946178

Linked from the seat page, seat tickets resale: http://sumo.pia.jp/resale/purchase/list.do?eventCd=1946170

3rp parties that have bought a bunch of tickets will likely have some left as well, e.g. there are local tours from many regions of the country.

Edited December 7, 2019 by Akinomaki

[since_94 650]

The Ticket Oosumo site http://sumo.pia.jp/en/ still shows a limited number of Arena C seats available for Jan 16, 21, and 22 as of almost 24 hours after the onsale, if anybody is still looking.

Edited December 8, 2019 by since_94
update info

[Akinomaki 40,477]

8 hours ago, since_94 said:

The Ticket Oosumo site http://sumo.pia.jp/en/ still shows a limited number of Arena C seats available for Jan 16, 21, and 22 as of almost 24 hours after the onsale, if anybody is still looking.

That's interesting - the same site shows no available seats on the Japanese pages - looks like they have a special contingent only for foreigners there as well - they had one for the special ticket machines of the TicketsToday service and maybe will have again just before and during the basho - at the moment it doesn't show the basho as event yet. I doubt that they will actually sell some of the tickets for the day through there, so you wouldn't need to line up in the morning at the kokugikan, but could at a terminal in Shibuya - certainly not for the same price.

 

Edited December 8, 2019 by Akinomaki

[since_94 650]

Despite all days previously being marked sold out, some arena seats have recently come available for January 12, 16 and 19. Maybe a rerelease of some sort? Anyway, get ‘em while they’re hot, sumo fans.

[Akinomaki 40,477]

Dohyo making is under way

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PR by new komusubi and sekiwake and by popular Chiyo-brothers (now a sekitori pair again)

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This basho, at some kokugikan shops, the government cashless campaign (till June) allows discount points of 2 or 5%

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writing the ita-bazuke for the basho: Shikimori Kinosuke (who writes at the Oh!sumo exhibition for the fans - I am his fan since I got a calligraphy there from him)

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Edited January 9, 2020 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki 40,477]

The ita-banzuke is in place

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final dohyo preparations

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Meisei at PR

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oyakata cleaned the area with the help of the Jissen girls, who also help with goods

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[Akinomaki 40,477]

Today at first the dohyo matsuri

all sanyaku are there, as spectators this time

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the action is as always on the dohyo

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in the end the start of the yobidashi parade, to announce the day 1 top torikumi around the town
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and then on to the yusho portrait presentation

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the small version presented as a present

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the handshake

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Yoshikaze was also there - to hand out leaflets for his intai zumo

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interviewed

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a portrait on the way to its place on the kokugikan wall

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next the free public sumo lecture in the sumo school, by Oshiogawa, who has his intai-zumo in 3 weeks

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streamed live in full by the NSK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLt2E0TTWyg

- first with the yobidashi parade - they have 2 teams on the way

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the yobidashi parade at Musashigawa-beya

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and at a shopping district

 

PR towels are available for all makuuchi - and for those in makuuchi last basho, even if they have no bouts, like Tomokaze
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Edited January 18, 2020 by Akinomaki

[Akinomaki 40,477]

The chanko sold at the basho this time is from Hakkaku beya

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the heya's chanko-ban prepares it for the PR video

Edited January 12, 2020 by Akinomaki

[Edwardoho 23]

14 hours ago, Akinomaki said:

The chanko sold at the basho this time is from Hakkaku beya

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that's cool - so you can buy this from inside the Kok throughout the whole basho?

[Akinomaki 40,477]

2 hours ago, Edwardoho said:

that's cool - so you can buy this from inside the Kok throughout the whole basho?

Except on a day Trump is there. It is sold each day from 12h-16h in the kokugikan lower party floor, delicious and cheap - 300yen. I always line up a bit before 12h, when the queue is still inside the building, order 2 servings at once plus a bottle of water (180y - you can't bring food or beverages into the lower floor) for dilution to cool it down and start eating at once. I do the same again after the makuuchi dohyo-iri to be there just before they close at 16h - unfortunately, I usually miss the yokozuna dohyo-iri with that though - I hope I'll be lucky for Natsu to get to see the team and still have my 2nd meal.

[Akinomaki 40,477]

On 10/01/2020 at 21:06, Akinomaki said:

oyakata cleaned the area with the help of the Jissen girls, who also help with goods

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the NSK was a bit late to post their pics of that

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the usual PR with the sumo notebook, and now the new official "SUMO NOTEBOOK"

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[Otokonoyama 2,735]

An oyakata recommends - Kokugikan gourmet tour.

 

[Otokonoyama 2,735]

The former Yoshikaze, now Nakamura oyakata, flogs Lucky Bags at the Oh!! Sumo Market in the main passageway through Ryogoku Station.  Each bag contains some sumo souvenirs and some special goods not sold at the souvenir stands.