SUMO Culture Experience
(Kappo Yoshiba)

This restaurant serves up "chanko-nabe" (and seafood dishes in a sumo-style setting. "Chanko-nabe" is a hearty hot pot dish packed with seafood, fresh meat, and vegetables. Sumo wrestlers keep up their weight by consuming it in large quantities. Kappo Yoshiba, named after the former Miyagino stable and "yokozuna" grand champion Yoshibayama, contains an authentic sumo ring in which sumo wrestlers have trained. Traditional, cultural performances, including sumo "jinku" (sumo folk songs) and Tsugaru "shamisen," accompany your dining.