Kyushu Basho Guides: Dates, Seats, Tickets and Rules
Kyushu Basho guides: the 2026 dates, the seating chart, buying a ticket this year, which day to pick, how a tournament works, and going with a guide.
Which Day Should You Watch the Kyushu Basho?
Opening day, the middle Sunday, a cheaper weekday or the final day's ceremonies: picking a day for the Kyushu Basho, and the marathon sharing day one.
Read guide →How the Kyushu Basho Actually Works
Divisions, ranks, how a bout is won and the 15-day format behind the Kyushu Basho, plus the Fukuoka story that ended last year's tournament.
Read guide →Kyushu Basho 2026: The Full 15-Day Schedule
The Kyushu Basho runs Sunday 8 to Sunday 22 November 2026 at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center: the daily schedule, banzuke day and the final-day ceremonies.
Read guide →Can You Buy Sumo Tickets at the Door in Fukuoka?
No same-day tickets at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center this year, and the general sale is sold out. What's officially left, and why we'd book a guided seat.
Read guide →The Kyushu Basho Seating Chart, Seat by Seat
Tamari, masu and isu: what ringside, box and chair seats cost and show at the Kyushu Basho, and which of our tours books which.
Read guide →Going to the Kyushu Basho with a Guide
What a guided sumo ticket adds over going alone, what our two guided tours each cover, and two sumo experiences that need no tournament ticket.
Read guide →Want the chair-seat tour with a guide booked first? See dates and prices →