Stadium
Ryogoku Kokugikan Sumo Arena
1-chōme-3-28 Yokoami, Sumida City, Tokyo 130-0015
Purpose-built sumo arena with an eleven-thousand-seat dohyo, rebuilt on the site of a hall destroyed by fire, quake and war.
This guide to the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo opens on the first tournament ever held in the current building, in January 1985, when a ten-year grand champion lost three straight bouts and retired on the spot while a younger wrestler swept the meet undefeated. It traces the hall's earlier lives on this same ground, from the steel-domed original built in 1909 to its destruction by fire, earthquake and war. Eleven thousand seats now ring the raised dohyo at the center of the arena.
Audio guides are written and narrated by AI.