Sumo Chichibu training camp held at Chichibu Furusato Village [Ogano Town, Chichibu District, Saitama Prefecture] June 2nd to June 12th

• Table of contents
• overview
• What is Chichibu Furusato Village?
• What is the Thunder Room?
• summary

overview

The Miyamotojo Furusato Resort Group, a hot spring inn in Chichibu, will be creating a real sumo ring at its Chichibu Furusato Village experience farm.
To mark the opening of the sumo ring plaza on Sunday, June 2nd, a sumo ring festival will be held with the participation of Kaminari stable from the Japan Sumo Association.
Starting the day after the Dohyo Festival, Kaminari stable will hold a training camp for 10 days. If you would like to observe practice, please contact Chichibu Furusato Village.
The sumo wrestlers' inn Miyamotoke and Miyamoto no Yu also offer accommodation package plans.

©200-year-old farmhouse, Miyamoto family home

Check out the accommodation plans for "The Miyamoto Family, a 200-Year Old Farmhouse."

View Miyamoto no Yu accommodation plans.

Image of the sumo ring opening © Miyamoto Family Farm, a 200-year-old farmhouse

From the left: Mr. Kazuki Miyamoto, the head of the Kaminari stable, Mr. Raitetsu, the mayor of Ogano, Mr. Shintaro Mori, and the sumo wrestler of the Kaminari stable, Mr. Shishidai © The Miyamoto family home, a 200-year-old farmhouse

What is Chichibu Furusato Village?

Chichibu Furusato Village replaces "green tourism," "ecotourism," and "geotourism" with "farm experience," "hometown experience," and "nature experience." It is a place where you can learn with your body, not with your head, about the necessities of life that have been forgotten since the Showa era, such as food, clothing, and shelter, and the important things that all human beings standing on the Earth toward the future must think about, and learn through play and sensations.
It is run by the Miyamotoso Group, and a real sumo ring will be built, which was the long-cherished wish of the company's representative, Miyamoto Kazuki (former sumo wrestler, Kenmu).

View "Chichibu Furusato Village" on Google Maps.

See the Chichibu Furusato Village website for more details.

Learn more about Kazuki Miyamoto (former sumo wrestler, Kenmu)

What is the Thunder Room?

On February 1, 2023, Kaminari (formerly Kakizoe) took over from Irumagawa, and the stables began anew. The wrestlers are training hard every day to live up to the name of the stables, which flourished during the Meiji and Taisho periods and produced the 15th Yokozuna Umegaya and the 20th Yokozuna Umegaya. In the July 2023 tournament, Ukrainian Shishi Masaru became a new juryo wrestler, becoming the first sekitori to be promoted since the stables were renamed.

Check out the "Thunder Room" website for more details.

A training session at the Kaminari stable © Miyamoto family farmhouse, 200 years old

summary

This is a town revitalization event held just before the rainy season, to promote the development of Ikazuchi stable, one of the few sumo stables in Saitama prefecture, and to attract many people to the Chichibu area to interact with the national sport of sumo. We will be keeping our eyes on this sumo ring in the future.