alright guys good morning so today we are having a sumo themed day here in
Tokyo we are planning to take part in a few different sumo themed activities so
we've come to Rio Goku station and in this area they have a lot of restaurants
where you can have a sumo meal this is like hearty heavy stew that sumo
wrestlers eat to put on weight so we're going to a Sumo restaurant we're gonna
have Chankonabe (ちゃんこ鍋) that hearty stew apparently the restaurant we're going to
also puts on sumo wrestling performances so hopefully the timing works out so
that we can see sumo wrestlers in action and then after that we're going to be
visiting the sumo Museum which isn't too far from the station also this morning
we tried going to one of the sumo stables where supposedly you can see the
sumo wrestlers in action doing their practice in the morning they typically
train from 7:30 to 10:30 but we got there and it was closed there were no
even had to shut it they had the shutters closed sad but I mean there's
still a chance that we'll see wrestlers with lunch let's go okay so we found the
restaurant that specializes in sumo food it is called Hananomai Ryokoku and
it's right outside the train station it's actually underneath me rocks so you
can hear a line and the first time Sam was like yeah actually oh you can hear
right now I don't know if you can hear that guys
but we can feel it right I heard I can feel the table vibrating so fine we've
actually experienced what to earthquake since we've been until
- yeah mild ones said it was alright and also we're sitting in a pretty cool spot
like you've got the the sumo ring right here let me show you guys right there I
don't think there's gonna be a performance we don't know like we're
very lost in translation at the moment yeah there's very little information
like no timings listed so I mean we came here as soon as the restaurant opened at
11:30 I'm hoping maybe there will be a permanence maybe not enough and behind
you this hopeful yeah behind you this is really cool artwork
as well yeah I mean even if there is no sumo wrestling like worst-case scenario
it's still a really cool restaurant yeah the cool vibe and it's gonna be our
first time to try this food as well yeah
so the food arrived super quickly I know look shockingly quick they're ready for
us yes so we order two separate sets yeah went
for the chanko nabe yes is the the sumo stew to put on weight and we got the
chicken one and if you comes with like chicken skin oh yeah so yeah that's the
protein heavy meal because then got an egg there what else do you have
there's some tofu yeah yeah Wow always a really cool surprise yeah I feel like
this is for rice like you're probably gonna or maybe it's for your soup
where's your rice oh the rice isn't here yeah lift that up yeah I will lift it up
if I can't I can't get a grip on it like suction yeah oh here we go
yeah so the whole idea is that you eat the stew with rice and beer so that
you're getting lots of calories into your system yeah so it looks really good
for you cook for a high calorie meal and it's most a little very high protein
meal as well yes and the couple of those boxes I got the tempura set yes with
sashimi right I have some tofu with a bit of
ginger this looks like a pickled radish I have sashimi this is my my miso soup
oh you got me so yeah a little salad here Wow umm yeah this is looking really
good but I'm obviously I'll seem to be trying Sam's yep as soon as that cooks
but this is fun this is fun like I don't know what's gonna happen with the
wrestling are we gonna see sumo or not who knows we've got a good-looking meal
irregardless yes and that's what we came for Alice okay let's dig in I can dig
into mine you're gonna have to wait for yours event I'm starting with the
tempura so we're just wait we're still bidding for this just to cook over here
so we know how is the wondering like what the sauce was for and I finally
clued in like da tempura yeah what else make sure you save me half of that I was
so sweet oh that's wonderful yeah yeah we've got like these big
little shrimp ease yeah we have mushroom mushroom we hum and went yeah I think
this one's fish yeah so a little bit of everything we've everything here we've
got sesame so I'm gonna grab this piece let's do you got tuna salmon what sabi
oh yeah sake it's a nice addition I'm glad that we both have it others yes we
both got sashimi with our set sure did how's that it's just like a very smooth
fish that's good we've got some pickled radish oh yes
yeah well sweet mommy so how this struggle opening this it creates suction
and then you can't lift the lid off so yeah let me show you here I'm gonna grab
my little chopsticks and just swirl it around so will that around there we go
yeah we've got some seaweed going on in there looks good let's try it and we've
got tofu it's just a little hint of ginger we've actually been eating this
as a breakfast item it usually shows up with rice and salmon as a set meal and
quite like it sounds good and of course a big bowl of rice because the whole
idea of these meals is up you're trying to maximize calories put on some weight
also I read that a lot of the restaurants in this area are run by ex
sumo wrestlers yes that's right mm-hmm so then they open restaurants to help
the new generation of sumo wrestlers eat well and you know add a few kilos is
your mouth watering just thinking about that chanko nabe over their eyes
she's just been cooking right in front of her eyes and one thing that I didn't
do until I should have done a little bit sooner was was move around the chicken a
bit cuz only part of it was cooking now I've got a deeply submerged fully cover
so yeah they should almost be done but in the meantime I'm gonna try everything
I have here as well yeah but might important enough with your tempura mmm a
little bit of sauce here yeah
mm-hmm that's a really good time for us mm-hmm
like I have to admit we've been you know a lot of temper if I'm like the grocery
store yeah oh it's nothing compared oh my gosh is so much better yeah and just
look at how much how much shrimp you get in there versus matter the ratio of
ingredients that's inside the batter is just perfect oh my god let's taste it
moving on yeah everything else you have it's like quite similar to my side video
all right you've got that little salad but that solid is pretty nondescript
yeah no but I find it refreshing like a summer salad I'll give it that
and over here a tofu I think is it JIT I wonder if it's a ginger tofu yeah mine
had a little bit of ginger it's not a whole lot subtle hint of that yeah it's
a you tried this you tried the salmon one yeah I tried both already good good
see my favorite between the two um you know the two is quite nice smooth to
melt in your mouth yeah one of the chewy good and what do you think about the
music here it's it's fascinating how long that I
loved it was very atmospheric it does feel very atmospheric it really sets the
sets the mood as to us us us eating here I love yeah we have like these like
wooden seats with purple cushion I got so comfortable that I've just taken my
shoes right yeah I've sitting cross-legged for a while to do that but
I was getting pretty cozy in here so and it goes we are dropping the raw egg in
the chunk Onaga dropped it like it's a boss in there drop it like it's hot drop
it like it's hot right in there yeah and we're just gonna let it cook in there
let it cook I think it's almost ready yeah what do you say okay so the flame
has gone out on family little pots so we figure it's gotta be rent yet exciting
times my friends say we have the the town coat is ready got some cool notes
let's take a bit of a tour before I end up putting on the place you can see some
of what is in there so check out some of the vegetables you have floating on top
of looks like cabbage yeah then over here this looks like
we've got mushrooms we've got underneath that egg we built different kind of
mushrooms as well we have the chicken yeah here so I'm
gonna try to grab some chicken okay dish it up here little bowl with a wooden
spoon there's about a nice sound shams I love those measurements make sure you
get lots of broth - the broth smells so good guys wish we had smell-o-vision
enable mmm okay it's a chicken broth somehow he's thinking it might be more
miso paste I think it does have a little bit of soy soybean paste but
predominantly you really tasted that it's a chicken broth let's try that
mushroom mushroom oh yeah it's nice and spongy a bit chewy mmm stop
I also read online that in some restaurants like with the leftover bra
they add noodles into it and they cook it again so you kind of get like a
second meal round two kind of reminds me of what they do with shabu shabu
yeah I'm Korea yeah if you look here the chicken has got the skin on its dull
yes give you the extra calories some are you gonna eat it with skin oh man that
looks like really great yeah oh my gosh okay oh I intended to
cover you like that a rubber layer of fat Jimmy's tender are so good this is
awesome Oh some more chicken you know that's quite adventurous chicken chicken
skin is delicious guys yeah don't be nervous dry it so it is my turn trying
this and I'm kind of aiming for the leaner pieces of chicken under stone I
don't really like eating fatty meat very much and this one like definitely has
like the skin and just it's not bad I feel like this is a dish that I would
probably eat during the cooler months like maybe an autumn or winter it's not
something that I would crave in summer especially with the heat and humidity
outside I'm just like sprayed myself which is right now but hey it's
air-conditioned in here so is there condition which makes a big difference
it does it makes a huge difference oh yeah this isn't like my favorite
Japanese dish that we've had since we've been here
yeah I'm glad we're trying it I feel like it's an experience getting to try
what the sumo wrestlers eat to put on me yeah
but it's not my personal favorite yeah yeah it's when you think about what's in
it it's it's a functional meal it's like you're you're eating for health and and
protein and vegetables and like vitamins and so on but yeah it rocks locks a bit
of the spice or the requirements of some other other dishes you find yeah yeah
like a chicken broth would you like shot some chicken I'm a whole bunch of
ingredients basically yeah yeah so it's been interesting and I really like the
restaurant like I love setting the decoration yeah that's great I wish the
sumo wrestlers would show up but like I'm starting to lose yeah
you know what else is really cool is this place seems like like Decatur
towards good everyday like office work I've got four see on seeing men coming
in in the business suits and eating here and and other people it doesn't it's not
a parade of tourists coming like yeah so yeah I'm going to enjoy the rest of this
meal finish the food in front of us and then continue our adventure in this
neighborhood indeed all right guys so we finished lunch and we were able to
figure out that there is no more wrestling show today yeah but they
couldn't tell us what days the show takes place or what time so that still
remains a mystery to us we just know it's not today no one today but anyways
the price was about two thousand seven hundred yen yeah so I would say just
under like 25 us two people 1250 per person yeah very filling cool
ambiance I can see photos of the restaurant the beautiful restaurant
inside it really is yeah it's just disappointing not yes I also found the
service to be really good yes and like it was starting to get very busy in
there by the time we left yeah big lunch promise of the tables were taken over
yeah no there was no show people are coming for the food yeah so that's
always a good sign and from here we're gonna head over to the sumo museum so
that's coming up next
alright Superman Sam tell us your impressions of the sumo Museum so it was
pretty small yeah we walked inside and the first thing we noticed was very
clear signs saying you couldn't take photos yeah we also assumed that we
couldn't take any videos so we didn't but what's inside is you find some
interesting traditional artwork there's some fans there's paintings and on the
other side of the wall there's it looks like a list of like champions over the
years yeah there's like photographs and philosophers wrestlers so yeah it's
worth checking out but honestly it's something that you can probably be in
and out of it within five minutes yeah so I would say it's worth visiting if
you're already coming all the way out to the Edo Tokyo Museum yeah or for or for
lunch in this area yeah or if you're coming to see an actual sumo wrestling
match yeah here at the theater you can also pop in to the museum as a
standalone attraction it's it's not amazing yeah yeah and then on the other
side we found a shock saw the shop is cool tell us what was in that so in the
shop it was all things sumo and there are lots of really cool t-shirts there's
special food items some of them were actually like things that symbols would
eat other things were more just like gifts ideas
there's just anything you could think of they had it in there it's pretty
interesting