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 »
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.
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.
Home of the powerful Maeda family who governed the region for 280 years from the late 16th century up until the end of the Edo period. Since its early days, the castle has been pivotal to Kanazawa and the city has developed around it.
