Three of the six yearly Grand Sumo tournaments are held in Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan. The large structure, located next to the Edo-Tokyo Museum in Sumida Ward, opened in 1985. It also houses a ...

Fans watch sumo wrestlers enter the ring on the first day of the July Grand Sumo Tournament on July 19 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo's Sumida Ward after spectators were allowed to view the action ...

Spectators with disabilities, first row, watch a sumo match from the first ringside wheelchair seats, at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan sumo venue, on Oct. 4, 2017. (Mainichi) ...

The Ryogoku Kokugikan was the setting for two of the most significant pieces of sumo news this week. First up was the (limited) resumption of training between wrestlers from different stables at ...

The best area to experience authentic sumo culture is Ryogoku, located east of Sumida River. You can still see relics of its glorious past while strolling in this vicinity, which flourished as an ...