Sumo Teahouse - Sumojaya

Japanese: 相撲茶屋 - すもうぢゃや

A commercial organization that sells seats to spectators at sumo shows and provides food, drinks, and souvenirs. It was an organization that emerged spontaneously from a gathering of sumo enthusiasts around 1789, but later became a commercial business performing the above services, and made a contract with the Sumo Kaisho (now the Sumo Association) and made it a hereditary family business. It had a monopoly on the sale of food and drinks in the sumo tent, but also paid the seating fees in full to the Kaisho, playing a role in stabilizing sumo show revenues. In September 1957, it was renamed the Sumo Service Company.

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Japanese:

相撲興行に際し，見物人に座席を売りさばき，飲食物，みやげ物を提供する商業組織。寛政1 (1789) 年頃好角家の集りから自然発生した組織団体であったが，のち上記の業務を行う営利事業になり，相撲会所 (現在では相撲協会) と契約して世襲家業となった。相撲小屋内での飲食販売を独占するが，一方，座席料を会所に完納し，相撲の興行収入を安定させる役割も果した。 1957年9月に相撲サービス会社と改称。

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