#kokugikan

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Ryôgoku Kokugikan

It's sumo season in Tokyo! Though, to be fair, it's sumo season three months per year, as this arena, the Kokugikan in Ryôgoku, on the East bank of the Sumida-gawa two stops from Akihabara on the Chûô-Sôbu line, hosts half of the year's six major tournaments.

It wasn't open when I visited Tokyo, so I didn't see inside, but even then, there are apparently, and unsurprisingly, a lot of sumo-related places to visit in Ryôgoku, like Ekô-in temple... and I missed them all! Well, apart from the odd statue.

I went to Ryôgoku area without a real plan, I wandered around and found some interesting places I'll get to another time, but one thing I think I planned was to try the "lunch of champions", the classic stew for sumo wrestlers: chankonabe, or chanko for short. It was rich and copious, as you'd expect, and, as I remember, I didn't quite finish it.

[the-colors-of-tokyo]

One Summer Day at Kokugikan in Ryougoku

Some folks just gotta dance.

[florinefournier]

Still loving this. Dior Prefall 2015 Tokyo Show by Raf Simons. The show took place in Tokyo's Kokugikan sumo arena. Fake snow was falling from the rafters and Blade Runner's Harrison Ford and Sean Young talking replicants on the soundtrack. Here are my favourites looks. xox F

[grandsumo]

明日より大相撲初場所 . . . . . . . ↓↓↓ . . . #春日野部屋 #栃ノ心関 #栃ノ心 #ジョージア出身 #ジョージア #🇬🇪 #LevanGorgadze #tochinoshin . . . . #照ノ富士 #貴景勝 #正代 #御嶽海 #隆の勝 #大栄翔 #大相撲初場所 #大相撲初場所2022 #大相撲一月場所2022 #sumo #grandsumo3 #kokugikan #ryogoku #tokyo #japan #rikishi #お相撲さん #力士 #大相撲 #相撲 #相撲好きと繋がりたい #両国国技館 @grandsumo3 @sumokyokai (両国国技館) https://www.instagram.com/grandsumo3/p/CYc6zkMv5HT/?utm_medium=tumblr

[past-pictures]

Tokyo, Kokugikan (両国国技館) - This old picture from the 1930th shows a Sumō fight in the Ryougoku Sumo Hall in Tokyo. Sumō is a Japanese wrestling sport where a wrestler (rikishi) tries to force another wrestler out of the circular ring (dohyō), or to alternatively make the opponent touch the ground with anything else than the soles of the feet. 

[grandsumo]

大相撲三月場所 千秋楽 (写真は千秋楽に撮影) . . 栃ノ心vs隆の勝 . . ↓↓↓撮影した動画 . . . . . . . #大相撲三月場所2021 #三役揃い踏み #栃ノ心 #tochinoshin #ジョージア #🇬🇪 #春日野部屋 #隆の勝 #千葉県出身 #TAKANOSHO #常盤山部屋 #sumo #grandsumo3 #kokugikan #ryogoku #tokyo #japan #rikishi #お相撲さん #力士 #大相撲 #相撲 #明日の取り組み #相撲好きと繋がりたい #両国 #両国国技館 #東京 #墨田区 #大相撲三月場所 @grandsumo3 @sumokyokai @takanosyo1114 (春日野部屋) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNsFz6SAviA/?igshid=1b1kd741c3ygg

[grandsumo]

明日より大相撲名古屋場所 . . . . . . . ↓↓↓ . . . #荒汐部屋 #若隆景関 #若隆景 #WAKATAKAKAGE #技能賞 #福島県出身 #福島県 #東洋大学 #若元春 #若隆元 . . . . #照ノ富士 #貴景勝 #大相撲名古屋場所2021 #大相撲七月場所2021 #sumo #grandsumo3 #kokugikan #ryogoku #tokyo #japan #rikishi #お相撲さん #力士 #大相撲 #相撲 #相撲好きと繋がりたい #両国国技館 #ドルフィンアリーナ #名古屋 #名古屋場所 @grandsumo3 @sumokyokai (ドルフィンズアリーナ) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ3FxYRLwn0/?utm_medium=tumblr

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