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  • 10/23/2010
  • 03/01/2021

Ryogoku Kokugikan, Sumo Hall

Ry??goku Kokugikan (筝≦?遵?醇??蕕?), also known as Sumo Hall, is an indoor sporting arena located in Ryogoku, Tokyo, next to the Edo Tokyo Museum. Ryogoku Kokugikan was built in 1909, led by the growing popularity of Sumo during the Meiji period.? It is the third building built in Tokyo associated with the name Kokugikan. The current building was opened in 1985 and has a capacity of 13,000 people. It is mainly used for?Sumo restling tournaments (????贋??) and hosts the?new year tournament (?????贋??)?in January, the summer tournament (紊???贋??)?in May, and the?autumn tournament (腱???贋??) in September. The venue is also used for other indoor events, such as boxing, pro wrestling, and music concerts. It also houses a museum.??There are exhibitions about past and present Sumo wrestlers. Sumo tickets can be bought online.? Tournaments are not always being held, so check out the schedule on the web site. Nihon Sumo Kyokai Official Website http://www.sumo.or.jp/eng/index.html (Eng) — Higherground Co.,Ltd. 2-8-3 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan TEL:03-6459-2230 HP:http://www.higherground.co.jp/ TOP PAGE:?https://livingtokyo.net/

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  • 10/09/2010
  • 03/03/2021

Edo-Tokyo Museum

The Edo-Tokyo Museum (羆???御?延根??????え) is a museum of the history of Tokyo, from the Edo period to today. One highlight of the permanent exhibitions are the?real scale replica of the landscape of the city of Edo (羆????, former name of Tokyo).? There are Nihombashi (??ユ????), a bridge leading into Edo, Nakamuraza, a famous Kabuki?theater, and more! There are also scale models of buildings from the Edo, Meiji?and?Showa periods, and?miniatures of the whole town. Special exhibitions are always on, too.? The present exhibition focuses on Sumidagawa?(?????医??), a river 23.5 km long which flows into Tokyo Bay. Though many historic landscapes are preserved in Japan, many of them are lost today.? Edo-Tokyo Museum is the place you can encounter those lost scenery. Edo-Tokyo Museum Location: Ryogoku, Tokyo Open Hours: 9:30~17:30 Website: http://www.edo-tokyo-museum.or.jp/english/ (Eng) — Higherground Co.,Ltd. 2-8-3 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan TEL:03-6459-2230 HP:http://www.higherground.co.jp/ TOP PAGE:?https://livingtokyo.net/