Ryogoku, home to the Kokugikan sumo arena, with sumo stables tucked between the houses
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The large area north of Ryogoku Station is taken up by the Kokugikan sumo hall, the Edo-Tokyo Museum, and gardens, with almost no one living there. The sumo stables, though, aren't among these sights - they're tucked in among the homes south of the station. In Ryogoku 1-chome to 3-chome and Kamezawa 1-chome, there are five sumo stables: Kasugano, Dewanoumi, Tokitsukaze, Hakkaku, and Nishikido.
A rikishi who belongs to a stable lives right there in the stable, sharing daily life and training together with the stablemaster. In the Kasugano stable's building, the 1F is the training hall, the 3F is the stablemaster's home, and the 4F and up are condo units for sale.
Homes are concentrated in Ryogoku, Chitose, Kamezawa, and Midori south of the station, and in Ishiwara to the east. The number of people moving in keeps rising too: in Ryogoku 1-chome to 4-chome alone, the population grew from just over 5,000 in 2000 to over 7,600 in 2020.
For everyday convenience, this neighborhood ranks 44th out of 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo, and 42nd for public transit. Both the Sobu Line and the Oedo Line have a Ryogoku Station, and both stations are within the neighborhood.
But even the closest exits of the two stations are more than 300 meters apart, so transferring means walking out through the JR East Exit. This JR station only stops Sobu Line Local trains, so to get to Tokyo Station or Ueno you need to change trains at Akihabara.
Judging from our street photos, cleanliness ranks 75th.
Healthcare ranks 83rd, not as high as overall convenience. Greenery ranks 310th, the lowest-ranked item among this neighborhood's street photo scores.
The Tategawa River runs through the neighborhood, with the Metropolitan Expressway Route 7 elevated road covering the entire river from above, connecting to the Ryogoku Junction at its western end.
In 2020, about 230 people lived per hectare in this neighborhood.
Ryogoku Bridge was built in 1659 (some say 1661). At the time, the Sumida River was treated as the boundary between Musashi Province and Shimosa Province, and since the bridge spanned both provinces, that's how it got its name.
However, "Ryogoku" originally referred to the opposite bank; this side used to be called Higashi-Ryogoku. In 1909, the old Kokugikan sumo hall was built on the former grounds of Ekoin Temple, giving sumo a fixed venue.
The old Kokugikan was taken out of use in 1944, and the current Kokugikan wasn't built until 1985, on the north side of the station in Yokoami. The Dewanoumi stable opened in 1966, making it the oldest building among the existing sumo stables.
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