[sumo] Contact to Sumo Management about special attendance

[Inside Sport: Japan]

No one in this company can ever remember seeing any kind of service animal at a sumo tournament and we’ve people here that have been going for decades.

We’ll try and get more information but a blood sugar level detecting may not be allowed in.

The bigger issue though is that according to the guidelines you need to get your dog registered in Japan and there is a seven month long preparation period needed and 40 days of quarantine for the animal.

Unless you’ve already started that process Nov doesn’t seem possible. 

More information here:

https://www.mhlw.go.jp/english/policy/care-welfare/welfare-disabilities/assistance_dogs/user_certificate.html <https://www.mhlw.go.jp/english/policy/care-welfare/welfare-disabilities/assistance_dogs/user_certificate.html>

If we can get clarification on whether or not your dog would be allowed in the arena we’ll post it here.

Thanks

> On Aug 13, 2022, at 7:56, Brian McCarty <coralseastudios at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Aloha,
> 
> I’m betting that the Covid-19 restrictions in Japan will be lifted for independent travel by the November Kyushu Basho.  
> 
> For several years, I’ve traveled with a service dog, trained to monitor my blood sugar level via smell.  We’ve been to Japan together without many issues, and I’m planning to be at the Kokusai Center for at least a week of the tourney.  I generally get single masu seiki day tickets, and this would work out fine.  The dog has traveled at my feet with me to Australia, Europe several times, other locations in Asia, and I live in Hawai’i.   
> 
> I’d like to advise Sumo Kyokai so it isn’t a total surprise.  I don’t get any answers from the “general” email address for them, even when written in Japanese.  
> 
> Any suggestions for who I might contact would be appreciated.
> 
> 
> Cheers
> Brian
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