Ryogoku Kokugikan (両国国技館, Ryōgoku Kokugikan) is an indoor sporting arena that hosts the three sumo tournaments that take place in Tokyo each year (in January, May, and September).
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Ryōgoku Kokugikan, 1 Chome-3-28 Yokoami, Sumida, Tokyo 130-0015 « Google Maps »
As you wander the streets of Yanesen, make a detour via this mud and tile wall. Built in the latter half of the Edo period, this 40m x 2m section has managed to survive the natural disasters and air raids, and today stands as a perfect representation of how the city would have been divided up in times gone by.
Three restored Showa period houses re-opened as a small commercial initiative with a beer hall and restaurant, olive oil store, and bakery. Very charming little place.
Osanbashi Pier was built in the late 19th century to facilitate the loading and unloading of the ships that came into the Yokohama port. Today boarding gates and shops can be found beneath the modern wooden walkway, but many on the pier are just there for the view looking back onto Yokohama.
One of Tokyo’s most important historical structures, and the starting point from which all roads were measured when Tokugawa Ieyasu undertook the construction of the five routes.