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Sumo Museum
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Tips from locals
Yuuki
October 13, 2016
The Sumo Museum collects and preserves a wide range of materials relating to the history of sumo wrestling. The museum possesses 3,700 sumo Nishiki-e (multi-colored woodblock prints), 500 sumo dolls, Banzuke (official ranking list), and Kesho-mawashi (a silk belt with a heavily embroidered large apron with thick tassels worn by upper ranked wrestlers). The exhibits change six times each year. The museum also functions as a research center, continuously studying and reviewing sumo history as an integral part of Japanese culture. The museum was first opened in September 1954, when the Kuramae Kokugikan was completed, and was relocated to its current location in the Ryogoku Kokugikan in January 1985.
The Sumo Museum collects and preserves a wide range of materials relating to the history of sumo wrestling. The museum possesses 3,700 sumo Nishiki-e (multi-colored woodblock prints), 500 sumo dolls, Banzuke (official ranking list), and Kesho-mawashi (a silk belt with a heavily embroidered large apr…
Nobu
April 10, 2016
Sumo, the National sport of Japan. Have you ever seen it? 10:00 - 16:30 (entry before 16:00, closed on: Sat, Sun and public holiday)
Shotaro
January 6, 2016
Visit the Sumo stables or watch a match!
Shintaro
September 12, 2016
In 1909, the first permanent sumo hall was built in the Ryogoku area. Today's sumo stadium, the Kokugikan, is the fourth built in Tokyo and has been in use since 1985.
黒川
October 23, 2019
※Sumō Museum is closed from 10/1, 2019 to 1/10, 2020 for renovation work. Sumō Museum is in the Ryogoku Kokugikan. It is only 2 min walk from Ryogoku Station. There are ’Keshoumawashi’ of past Yokozuna and materials about sumo. You can learn the history of sumo. Also, there is a big painting of sumo on the wall. You can take a picture in front of it.
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Location
1-chōme-3-28 Yokoami
Sumida City, Tokyo