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Tokyo: Know about Hokusai and Sumo culture in 2.5 hours 20% OFF
Tokyo, Kanto, Japan
$50.82
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Overview
The Tokyo Hokusai and Sumo Culture Tour offers an insightful journey into the life of the renowned Ukiyo-e artist Katsushika Hokusai. This 2.5-hour experience combines art and traditions, immersing you in the rich heritage of Edo.
- 🎨 Visit the Sumida Hokusai Museum to explore Hokusai's life, works, and diverse styles as your guide shares captivating stories about this iconic artist.
- 🌸 Stroll through the serene Kyu Yasuda Garden, a Japanese garden from the Edo period, where you can connect with the scenes depicted in Ukiyo-e.
- 🏟️ Admire the exterior of Ryogoku Kokugikan, the sacred ground of sumo, where traditional matches are held, and discover its historical significance dating back to the Edo period.
- 🕊️ Reflect on the beauty and history at a memorial site that honors a significant disaster, enhancing your understanding of the local culture.
- ⛩️ Explore Ekoin Temple and uncover why the Ryogoku area is vital to sumo culture, along with unique stone monuments linked to Hokusai.
- 🍜 Conclude your tour at EDO NOREN, a restaurant district designed to evoke the charm of an Edo machiya, where you can find your favorite dining spot.
- 🎟️ Museum admission fee is included, ensuring you have full access to the exhibits during your visit.
- 👨🏫 An English-speaking guide is provided to enhance your understanding and appreciation of the tour's highlights.
- 🚌 Convenient public transportation options are available nearby for easy access before and after the tour.
- 💼 Shopping costs at each store and gratuities are not included in the basic tour price.
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Tokyo: Know about Hokusai and Sumo culture in 2.5 hours
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
- Museum admission fee
- English speaking guide
- Shopping cost at each stores
- Gratuities
Meeting point
Guide is waiting you at the entrance (Midorimachi Park side) of Sumida Hokusai Museum with signboard shows "gotcha".
Return details
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The Sumida Hokusai MuseumSumida Hokusai Museum, where you can enjoy the life and works of the world-famous ukiyoe artist Katsushika Hokusai. The life of Hokusai, his works, his various styles, who he was and how he painted. Our guide will tell you all about it.
- Then, before stepping into the next spot, we will pass by a facility built in remembrance of the disaster that must not be forgotten. We will reflect on its beauty and the history that must be told. (pass by)
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Kyu Yasuda GardenTake a rest in the Japanese garden created in the Edo period. Here you can still see the things that were depicted in Ukiyo-e, and actually touching them will make you feel as if you were a character in the Ukiyo-e.
- Take a look at Ryogoku Kokugikan. Ryogoku is known as the sacred ground of sumo, and sumo matches are still held here. Ryogoku Kokugikan (visit only the exterior) is an important facility known as a sacred place for sumo, Japan's national sport. Ryogoku has had deep ties with sumo since the Edo period (1603-1868), some 400 years ago, and Hokusai even left a picture of sumo. Sumo is a traditional Japanese martial art whose origins date back about 2,000 years. (pass by)
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Ekoin TempleHere you can learn why the Ryogoku area is considered a sacred place for sumo. You will also learn about the connection with Hokusai that you have learned so far, as well as valuable stone monuments that can only be seen here. Please feel the cultural aspect of Edo with your whole body.
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Ryogoku Edo NorenFinally, the tour ends here at EDO NOREN. We hope you will find your favorite restaurant in this restaurant district that recreates an Edo machiya (traditional townhouse).
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Tokyo: Know about Hokusai and Sumo culture in 2.5 hours 20% OFF
Tokyo, Kanto, Japan
$50.82
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
01
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You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
02
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We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
03
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Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!