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No. 85 Ryogoku Kokugikan (watching Sumo wrestling games)

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The present Ryogoku Kokugikan is the 2nd charge. Old Ryogoku Kokugikan is the first Kokugikan with the roof in Japan which was built in Ekoin precincts (the Ryougoku station south side, the Keiyo-doro south) and was until then made to do the sumo wrestling which lost outdoors indoors the Meiji 42(1906) year. It is worth about the surprise when thinking of that an indoor stadium like the herald in Tokyo Dome was built in Meiji era. After that, an accidental fire, a great earthquake, war damage and how many "TABI" were reconstructed but when Kuramae Kokugikan was complete, the sumo wrestling game became done in Kuramae by the Showa 29(1954) year.
In Kuramae, sumo wrestling was done until the Showa 59(1984) year but when the Showa 60(1985) year, new Ryogoku Kokugikan were complete, the sumo wrestling became again done in both. It says that the sumo ring and the hanging roof are automatic, and that it goes up and down and that they can store and that they can do an event except the sumo wrestling, too. A sumo wrestling museum and a sumo wrestling clinic, a sumo wrestling driving school and so on, too, are juxtaposed in the inside of the building, a food reserve warehouse and auto power generation equipment, a roof in case of the disaster are equipped with the equipment which purges away falling glaze, too, and it becomes cutting-edge Kokugikan which took in modern facilities.



A makushita sumo wrestler is rustled.


The audience who waits for the entry by the sumo wrestler of the aim

NHK's relaying a broadcast is done from 4 p.m., but this meets because of the senior it relays a broadcast and the match of the sumo wrestling is done from 9 a.m. (Sumo tournament home page reference). In case of game of the makushita sumo wrestler, the vacant seat is still conspicuous at the seat.


At the entrance, the sumo wrestler OB punches a ticket.


The information bureau It carries beer and a food to the box seat. The souvenir, too, is ··· here.


The seat becomes the "positive" "向" "east" "west" according to the direction.
The seat that "向" is called ""MU" growing "YOUMEN""



All 1st floor becomes "a box seat" and becomes one set of seats at four.


The photograph of the successive grand champion sumo wrestler is arranged in the inside of the building upper part.



It is a maku-uchi ceremony of entering the ring finally more.


The grand champion sumo wrestler ceremony of entering the ring 午後4時頃"KARA". (Musashi circle)


Of "the full thanks" "The flag of the Rising Sun"
The card hangs when the 1st floor box seats become full.


The popular efforts have a lot of prizes.


It ends by the bow-twirling ceremony.


The turret (The turret=19.5 m) A drum is beat when the sumo wrestling ends. The sound which has taste is famous by this.


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State of sumo wrestler ceremony of entering ring (231KB) | Drum which it is possible to hear from turret (119KB)

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