Ryogoku (両国), Tokyo

View of the Umaya-bashi Bridge across the Sumida River between Asakusa and Ryogoku


Ryogoku (両国) is a neighbourhood in Sumida, Tokyo. It's name means "two provinces" because of the Ryogoku Bridge that was located here in 1659. The bridge spanned the Sumida River just upstream from its confluence with the Kanda River. It linked Edo province with Shimosa province. Although the bridge is no longer around, the area around it continues to be called Ryogoku.

The neighbourhood of Ryogoku is surrounded by other neighbourhoods of Sumida, Chuo and Taito wards, among them Yokoani, Midori, Chitose, Higashi Nihonbashi and Yanagibashi neighbourhoods. Ryogoku is noted as the sumi training ground in Tokyo. You can find the training school or heya in this neighbourhood. The sumi stadium is also located in Ryogoku. Called Ryogoku Kokugikan, or simply Sumo Hall, it was first erected in 1909, but the present building dates to 1985.

What to see in Ryogoku

The Kokugikan or Great Sumo Hall in Ryogoku, Tokyo


Inside the Ryogoku Kokugikan

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