Ryogoku Edo Noren
Ryogoku, Tokyo
- Daily
- 10:00 to 23:00
Each restaurant keeps its own hours. Closed 1 and 2 January and on occasional maintenance days.
Source: jrtk.jp, checked 5 Oct 2026.
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.
Bridge! Art and social welfare (Sumida Art Festival, Tokyo Reconstruction Memorial Museum)
ブリッジ！-アートと社会福祉のあわいのなかで-
Time 9:00 to 17:00, last entry 16:30, closed Mondays (next day if Monday is a holiday) Station Ryogoku Station (JR Sobu Line, Toei Oedo Line)
Kawada Satoshi shows 19 new murals based on Sumida buildings and structures alongside the museum's permanent display, as part of the Sumida Art Festival.
Chiyonoyama and His Disciples (Sumo Museum)
生誕100年 千代の山とその弟子
Time 10:00 to 16:30 (last entry 16:00), closed Saturdays, Sundays and holidays (some open days) Station Ryogoku (JR Sobu Line, Toei Oedo Line), 2 min walk
The Sumo Museum marks the centenary of the 41st yokozuna Chiyonoyama with his ceremonial aprons, yokozuna certificate and handprints, plus items from his rivals and his disciples Kitanofuji and Chiyonofuji.
sodai gomi, CC BY 2.0 DDT Pro-Wrestling Ultimate Party 2026
Ultimate Party 2026
Time Doors 12:30, start 14:00 Station Ryogoku Station (JR Sobu Line, Toei Oedo Line)
DDT Pro-Wrestling holds its Ultimate Party show at Ryogoku Kokugikan, with doors at 12:30 and the first bout at 14:00.
nakashi, CC BY-SA 2.0 January Grand Sumo Tournament 2027
令和9年 一月場所(初場所)
Station Ryogoku (JR Chuo-Sobu Line), 1 min walk
The Hatsu Basho is the first of the year's six Grand Sumo tournaments and runs for 15 days at the Ryogoku Kokugikan. It opens on a Sunday and ends on a Sunday, with advance tickets going on sale on December 5, 2026.
Gregg Tavares, CC BY 2.0 Endo retirement ceremony (Endo Intai Kitajin Shumei Hiro Ozumo)
遠藤引退北陣襲名披露大相撲
Time Doors 10:00, bouts from 11:30, ends about 16:00 Station Ryogoku (JR Sobu Line, Toei Oedo Line), 2 min walk
A day of exhibition sumo at the Kokugikan marking Endo's retirement and his new elder name, Kitajin. Ticket sales open later on the organiser's site.
nakashi, CC BY-SA 2.0 Smaller local events nearby
Sumida Craftspeople photo exhibition Exhibition
On now, until 1 Nov · Pictorico Shop & Gallery, Ryogoku
Twenty-four photographs of Sumida's craftspeople at work, on show at the Pictorico gallery opposite the Kokugikan, closed Mondays.
11:00 to 18:00 · Map · Source: Sumida 3M Movement PR Committee · 「すみだ 職人たちの群像2026」 写真展
SUMIDA Night Garden of Light Illumination
19 Nov to 27 Dec · Kyu-Yasuda Garden, Ryogoku
An evening light-up of the Kyu-Yasuda Garden, a former daimyo garden in Ryogoku, including its pond and trees.
Free · 16:30 to 20:00 · Map · Source: Sumida City Tourism Association and Sumida City · SUMIDA光のナイトガーデン2026
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.
Good to know
- What is the address of Ryogoku Edo Noren?
- 1-3-20 Yokoami, Sumida-ku, Tokyo (in Japanese: 東京都墨田区横網1丁目3番20号).
- What are the opening hours of Ryogoku Edo Noren?
- Daily 10:00 to 23:00. Each restaurant keeps its own hours. Closed 1 and 2 January and on occasional maintenance days.
- 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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