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As soon as you enter this restaurant, your eyes are immediately drawn to the sumo wrestling ring. What unfolds from there is a vibrant sumo show filled with laughter, intense matches, and an immersive atmosphere! “Asakusa Sumo Club” opened in Asakusa in January 2024 as a restaurant where guests can enjoy meals while watching sumo shows performed by former sumo…
Oden is a dish in which a variety of ingredients—such as vegetables like daikon radish and seafood-based items like chikuwa (tube-shaped fish cake) and kamaboko (another type of fish cake)—are simmered together in a large pot. Tokyo is home to many restaurants where oden takes center stage. The ingredients used in oden and the type of broth it’s simmered in…
In a quiet corner of Ueno’s bustling entertainment district lies a discreetly signed shaved ice specialty shop: “Ueno Kakigōri Senmonten Yondaime Ōnoya Hyoushitsu” (hereafter “Onoya Hyoushitsu”). It operates during the day out of a space that becomes a bar after dark—an inventive use of space that adds to its charm. The highlight here is silk‑fluffy kakigōri (shaved ice) that melts…