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Best Sports & Sumo in Tokyo

8 places, each checked by our team.

• Boat Race Heiwajima ボートレース平和島Heiwajima — Tokyo's noisiest cheap thrill: hydroplane boat racing on a canal at Heiwajima, with ¥100 entry, roaring six-boat races every half hour and a crowd…
• Korakuen Hall 後楽園ホールSuidobashi / Korakuen — The intimate 'holy ground' of Japanese boxing and pro wrestling inside Tokyo Dome City, hosting fights almost every week since 1962.
• Meiji Jingu Stadium (Yakult Swallows Baseball) 明治神宮野球場Gaienmae / Aoyama — Babe Ruth played here in 1934: the open-air home of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, where fans wave tiny umbrellas and sing through every inning, Tokyo's…
• Oi Racecourse (Tokyo City Keiba) 大井競馬場（東京シティ競馬）Shinagawa / Oi — Tokyo's local night-racing track: under floodlights at 'Twinkle Races', thoroughbreds thunder past a waterfront grandstand, with ¥100 entry, food…
• Ryogoku Kokugikan 両国国技館Ryogoku — The national sumo hall, home to Tokyo's three Grand Sumo Tournaments each year (January, May, September; 15 days each). Outside tournaments there…
• Shinjuku Batting Center 新宿バッティングセンターShinjuku / Kabukicho — A gritty, beloved batting cage in the heart of Kabukicho where ¥300-ish buys a round of pitches from slow lobs to 130 km/h fastballs, open until 4am…
• Tokyo Dome 東京ドームSuidobashi / Korakuen — The 'Big Egg', home of the Yomiuri Giants, Japan's most storied baseball team. A Japanese pro baseball game here, trumpets, coordinated chants, beer…
• Tokyo Racecourse (Fuchu) 東京競馬場Fuchu — JRA's flagship track in Fuchu and home of the Japan Cup and Japanese Derby, a vast, spotless stadium with a 200-yen entry, the world's largest…