Oct. Nov. Dec.
Baby’s entrance into the ring at Minatohashira Shrine
A cute baby wears a mawashi and enters the sumo ring.

In Tomoura, Kaiyo Town, Tokushima Prefecture, surrounded by beautiful nature, a traditional festival at the Minatobashira Shrine is held the day before the Ozato Hachiman Shrine Autumn Festival. A ring is built in the center of the former Kaibe Junior High School Gymnasium, and a boy born in the past year enter the ring.On their waists, they wear bright colored Yokozuna•sumo wrestler ornamental apron with a brave tiger or hawk, embroidered with their own name, and tie a red and white Dandara Hachimaki tightly around their heads, and they becomes a cute little bean sumo wrestler.
Many of the babies cannot walk yet, so it's a proud moment in the arms of a gyoji(a sumo referee). The gyoji holds them high as they step into the ring and announce their victories, praying that they will grow up to be big, strong, and tough like sumo wrestlers.
Event schedule
- Date and Time
- sat,11.10.2025
- place
- 32 Okuura, Kaiyo Town, Kaifu District, Tokushima Prefecture (former Kaifu Junior High School gymnasium)
- inquiry
- Tomoura Fisheries Cooperative TEL 0884-73-0011 / FAX 0884-73-0583
Detail
- AM8:10〜
- reception
- AM9:00〜
- opening
- AM9:30〜
- Entering the ring (1st group)
- AM10:30〜
- Sumo for nursery school children
- AM11:00〜
- Entering the ring (2nd group)
- Big catch rice cake throw (after the second group enters the ring)
*The time may vary slightly.
*This may change depending on the situation. Thank you for your understanding. - Tomoura Fisheries Cooperative TEL 0884-73-0011 / FAX 0884-73-0583
About participant application
Application Period: September 1st (Mon) – September 19th (Fri) (must arrive by this date)
How to Apply: In person, fax, or mail to the Tomoura Fisheries Cooperative Association
Application Form: 2025 Baby Dohyo-iri Application Form
Participant Capacity: 50 people. *If the capacity is exceeded, a lottery will be held.
Participation Fee: ¥10,000. *Please pay the participation fee at the reception on the day. (Advance payment will not be accepted.)
Winners’ Date: September 23rd (Tue) *Only winners will be contacted by phone from the Fisheries Cooperative Association.
Reiwa 7 Baby Dohyo-iri Application Form
Dedicated baby at Minatobashira Shrine enters the Sumo ring” 2016.12.25
Event information
- address
- Tomoura Kaiyo Town, Kaifu District, Tokushima Prefecture
- Telephone number
- 0884-76-3050 (Kaiyo Town Tourism Association)
- Access
- From Tokushima IC, via National Route 11 (towards Tokushima City) and take National Route 55 toward Muroto for about 2 hours 10 minutes
Public transportation / 15-minute by walk from Asa Coast Railway Kaifu Station