Japan House London Screens the September Basho Free Each Afternoon
NHK WORLD-JAPAN's GRAND SUMO Highlights of the September 2026 tournament in Tokyo screen daily from 16:30 to 17:00 at Japan House London, with free admission, through 22 November.
Last screening 22 Nov 16:30
Japan House London is showing NHK WORLD-JAPAN's GRAND SUMO Highlights each day from 16:30 to 17:00, with free admission. The highlights run from 8 to 22 November 2026. A GRAND SUMO Preview was shown on 6 November, and there is no screening on 7 November.
According to the official page, the programme covers the September 2026 Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo, with English play-by-play commentary and background on the sport. Grand Sumo tournaments, or honbasho, are held six times a year in Japan. Each one lasts 15 days, and the top rikishi (wrestlers) compete for the Emperor's Cup. Japan House says the sport originated in Japan and has a history of more than 1500 years.
The screenings take place in The Shop and The Hall at 101-111 Kensington High Street. They may sometimes be shown only in The Shop when the Hall is closed for events. Japan House also points to the GRAND SUMO Highlights page on the NHK WORLD-JAPAN website, and to an introduction to watching sumo by former wrestler John Gunning.
The same page notes that the last tournament of the year, the Kyushu Basho, takes place in November, in Fukuoka.
