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Places in this video
Ryogoku: Dive into the sumo lifestyle – Ryogoku is synonymous with sumo!
The neighborhood is filled with sumo stables and restaurants serving chanko nabe, the delicious, filling and surprisingly healthy stew that is a big part of the wrestlers’ diet.
As you explore, keep an eye out for the oversized athletes, whom you may see walking around dressed in kimono with their hair styled in the traditional topknot.

Asakusa: It is a district made from the fusion of the old and new traditions.
Tokyo’s most famous Sensoji temple is located.

Kappabashi Street: It is also known as Tokyo’s “Kitchen Town.”
Visit here for knives, crockery and plastic food replicas—these are some of the area’s most popular souvenir items. Magnets shaped like sushi and yakitori and food-themed smartphone covers make for some more unusual Tokyo gifts.

Asakusabashi: It is located just 1 railway station away in the Sobu Line from Akihabara, the famous Tokyo area where you can find most of the electronics shops in town, also the Sega Arcade and many Anime goods. Also just 1 station away in the Sobu Line is the Ryogoku Station, in the centre of Ryogoku, the area where most of the Sumo Wrestlers live in Tokyo due to many Sumo Stables. You can visit a sumo stable for free to watch the wrestlers morning training if you make a reservation. Other interesting things to find in Ryogoku are the Ryogoku Kokugikan Sumo Hall where you can watch sumo battles and the famous Edo-Tokyo Museum.
Asakusabashi is a great neighborhood for travellers looking for a cheap stay in a less-famous but very convenient area.

Tokyo: Officially Tokyo Metropolis, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. It has served as the Japanese capital since 1869, its urban area housing the Emperor of Japan and the Japanese government. Tokyo forms part of the Kantō region on the southeastern side of Japan’s main island, Honshu, and includes the Izu Islands and Ogasawara Islands. Tokyo was formerly named Edo when Shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu made the city his headquarters in 1603. It became the capital after Emperor Meiji moved his seat to the city from Kyoto in 1868; at that time Edo was renamed Tokyo. The Tokyo Metropolis formed in 1943 from the merger of the former Tokyo Prefecture and the city of Tokyo. Tokyo is often referred to as a city but is officially known and governed as a “metropolitan prefecture”, which differs from and combines elements of a city and a prefecture, a characteristic unique to Tokyo.

Japan: Approximately two-thirds of the country’s terrain is mountainous and heavily forested, and less than one-eighth of land is suitable for agriculture. Consequently, Japan is among the most densely populated and urbanized countries in the world, with over 90% of its population living in urban areas.

About Tokyo (in the Portuguese language)
Tóquio (em japonês: 東京; transl.: Tōkyō, pronunciado: [/toːkʲoː/] (Sobre este somescutar (ajuda·info)), literalmente “capital do Leste”), oficialmente Metrópole de Tóquio (東京都 Tōkyō-to?), é a capital do país e de uma das 47 prefeituras do Japão. Situa-se em Honshu, a maior ilha do arquipélago.

About Tokyo (in the Spanish language)
Tokio (東京都 Tōkyō-to, lit. ‘capital del este’) es la capital de facto​ de Japón, localizada en el centro-este de la isla de Honshu, concretamente en la región de Kantō. En conjunto forma una de las 47 prefecturas de Japón, aunque su denominación oficial es metrópolis o capital (都 -to). La ciudad es el centro de la política, economía, educación, comunicación y cultura popular del país. Cuenta también con la mayor concentración de sedes corporativas, instituciones financieras, universidades y colegios, museos, teatros, y establecimientos comerciales y de entretenimiento de todo Japón.

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