As the Imperial Japanese Army took over the Kokugikan during the war, the grand sumo tournaments were held consecutively at Koraku-en garden baseball stadium, a sumo stadium established in the outer garden of Meiji-jingu Shrine, a temporary Kokugikan established in Hamacho Park during the war, at Kuramae Kokugikan from 1950 to 1984, finally being held at Ryogoku Kokugikan since 1985.
國技舘は戦時中に陸軍によって接収され、以後大相撲は後楽園球場・明治神宮外苑の相撲場・浜町公園の仮設国技館を経て、昭和25年(1950)からは蔵前国技館で、昭和60年(1985)以後は両国国技館で興行されるようになる。