Osaka March Sumo Tournament (Haru Basho) 2027 Confirmed
大相撲三月場所（春場所） — Osaka (Kansai)
Last updated: Fri, September 25, 2026
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- Dates
- Sun, Mar 14 – Sun, Mar 28, 2027
- Venue
- Edion Arena Osaka (Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium) (エディオンアリーナ大阪（大阪府立体育会館）)
- Tickets
- Chair seats ¥3,500–11,000; box seats ¥8,500–15,000 per person (sold per box); ringside tamari seats ¥20,000. Weekends and holidays cost more. Handling fee extra. On sale February 6, 2027.
- Official site
- www.sumo.or.jp
Tickets — best booked ahead
On sale February 6, 2027 via Ticket Oosumo. Weekends and the opening and final days sell out first.
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The Haru Basho ("spring tournament") is Osaka's 15 days of grand sumo, held each March at Edion Arena Osaka in Namba. Every rank competes each day, from the youngest wrestlers in the morning to the ozeki and yokozuna in the late afternoon. It is the only tournament in the Kansai region, and it falls just before cherry blossom season.
Background
Grand sumo holds six official tournaments a year, each lasting 15 days: three in Tokyo (January, May, September) and one each in Osaka (March), Nagoya (July) and Fukuoka (November). The Japan Sumo Association sets the dates years in advance.
Getting there
2 min walk from Namba Station (JR and Nankai lines). Also a short walk from Namba Station on the Osaka Metro.
Tips
- Tickets go on sale on February 6, 2027 (the banzuke rankings are announced on March 1). Weekend days and the opening and final days tend to sell out first.
- The Japan Sumo Association's English site links to the official ticket seller, Ticket Oosumo, which has an English version. A handling fee is added to the ticket price.
- Bouts run all day, from the lower divisions in the morning to the top-division (makuuchi) ring-entering ceremony around mid-afternoon and the last bout around 6:00 PM. Arriving by mid-afternoon covers the highlights.
- Box seats (masu-seki) are sold per box and you sit on cushions on the floor. Chair seats are easier for a long day.
- Ringside tamari seats are for ages 16 and over only. Anyone aged 4 or over on the day needs their own ticket.
Maintained by Tetsu Yamamoto · Last verified against the official source: Fri, September 25, 2026