Ryogoku Edo Noren
Ryogoku, Tokyo
Ryogoku Edo Noren is the 1929 Ryogoku station building, reopened in 2016 as a food hall arranged around a full-size raised sumo ring. About a dozen counters serve old Tokyo dishes under one roof, from chanko nabe and monjayaki to fukagawa-meshi clam rice.
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Insider tip
It's the simplest place in Ryogoku to try chanko nabe without a reservation. It's attached to the JR station, so it works as a meal on the way to or from the stadium.
What the guides say about Ryogoku Edo Noren
Ryogoku Edo Noren, in the 1929 station building next to the JR platform, is the easiest place to try chanko nabe without a booking. Beer Club Popeye has around 70 Japanese craft beers on tap a few minutes from the hall, with happy hour from 3pm, Monday to Saturday. The Sumo Museum inside the Kokugikan is free on weekdays outside tournaments, and Yokoamicho Park, the 1923 earthquake memorial, is a six-minute walk east of the hall.
For a proper meal before or after, Ryogoku Edo Noren, in the old station building next to the JR platform, has chanko and other old Tokyo dishes around a full-size ring. The streets around the station are full of chanko restaurants, several of them run by former wrestlers. For a drink after the last bout, Beer Club Popeye pours around 70 Japanese craft beers a short walk from the hall.
What's on near Ryogoku Edo Noren
Upcoming events within a ten-minute walk of Ryogoku Edo Noren, from the weekly Tokyo events calendar.
May Grand Sumo Tournament (Natsu Basho)
大相撲五月場所
Time Top-division bouts from about 15:45, yokozuna matches around 17:30 Station Ryogoku (JR Sobu Line, Toei Oedo Line), 2 min walk
Fifteen days of top-division sumo at the national arena, one of three Tokyo tournaments each year. Upper-level seats cost a few thousand yen and a limited number of same-day tickets go on sale each morning, but weekend and final days sell out well in advance.
Gregg Tavares, CC BY 2.0 January Grand Sumo Tournament (Hatsu Basho)
大相撲一月場所
Time Top-division bouts from about 15:45, yokozuna matches around 17:30 Station Ryogoku (JR Sobu Line, Toei Oedo Line), 2 min walk
The first of the year's six grand sumo tournaments, 15 days of top-division bouts at the national sumo arena in Ryogoku. Top wrestlers fight from mid-afternoon; general ticket sales open in early December and weekends go fast.
Gregg Tavares, CC BY 2.0 September Grand Sumo Tournament (Aki Basho)
大相撲九月場所
Time Top-division bouts from about 15:45, yokozuna matches around 17:30 Station Ryogoku (JR Sobu Line, Toei Oedo Line), 2 min walk
The autumn honbasho brings 15 days of top-division sumo to the sport's home arena, with bouts building from mid-morning to the yokozuna matches around 5pm. Cheapest same-day arena seats sell at the box office each morning, and the final weekend decides the Emperor's Cup.
Gregg Tavares, CC BY 2.0 NHK Taiga Drama Special Exhibition: Toyotomi Brothers
江戸東京博物館リニューアル記念 NHK大河ドラマ特別展「豊臣兄弟！」
Station Ryogoku (JR Chuo-Sobu Line), 3 min walk
A special exhibition tied to the NHK historical drama series, focusing on Toyotomi Hidenaga, the younger brother of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. The show is held at the renovated Edo-Tokyo Museum and runs through the first week of November.
Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 2.0 Maruyama Okyo: Beyond Realism, Spatial Revolution
円山応挙 リアルの先へ 空間革命
Time 9:30 to 17:30 (Sat until 19:30) Station Ryogoku (Toei Oedo Line), 1 min walk
A retrospective of the Edo-period painter Maruyama Okyo, with more than 120 works from early perspective pictures to late screen paintings. It includes a re-creation of the room layout of Daijoji temple in Hyogo. This is the first special exhibition since the museum reopened. It opens on the last day of this window.
Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 2.0 Smaller local events nearby
Theater X (Kai) · 6 productions Performance
10 Oct to 23 Nov · Theater X (Kai), Ryogoku
See all 6 productions
- 10 to 14 Oct 劇団東演『人民の敵』
- Sat 17 Oct TaNaKa汰樹『Search』
- Sat 24 Oct 『タチアナ・シェバノワという奇跡』
- Sun 25 Oct シアターΧ カバレット ろびぃ寄席 オペラ『椿姫』より
- 30 Oct to 3 Nov 呼華歌劇団 音楽劇『天の蟲は空を飛ばず』
- Mon 23 Nov 一人芝居シリーズ『ROSE ローズ』
Listing in Japanese. Titles are shown as the venue prints them.
Source: Theater X (Kai)
Nearby
Around Ryogoku
Sumo town on the Sumida, with Hokusai and a tidal garden next door
Ryogoku is sumo's home. The national stadium is beside the station, the stables are in the side streets, and you'll see wrestlers in yukata on the platform. Around the Kokugikan sit the newly reopened Edo-Tokyo Museum, a Hokusai museum in the district where he was born, and a small garden built to follow the river tides. It's one of the easiest half-days in east Tokyo.
Ryogoku has 11 places on the Roam Tokyo map: 4 museums, 2 parks and gardens, 2 bathhouses, 1 landmark, 1 bar and 1 restaurant. Read the Ryogoku guide.
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- How do I get to Ryogoku Edo Noren?
- The nearest station is Ryogoku (JR Sobu Line). Ryogoku Edo Noren is in Ryogoku, Tokyo.
- How much does Ryogoku Edo Noren cost?
- Ryogoku Edo Noren is mid-range, marked ¥¥ on the site's price scale.
- How long do you need at Ryogoku Edo Noren?
- Plan for 1 hour.
- When is the best time to visit Ryogoku Edo Noren?
- Lunch or early dinner.
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