富岡八幡宮 Tomioka Hachimangu Shrine
横綱力士碑 Yokozuna Rikishi Monument

超五十連勝力士碑 Rikishi with 50 consecutive wins (pink column on left)

出羽海一門友愛之碑 Dewanoumi Ichimon “Fraternity” Monument (black monument on the right)
Back of the center stone of the monument with the names of the first 45 Yokozuna.
Back of the Moon topped column (on the left facing the front) with the names of the 46th to 66th Yokozuna.

Back of the Sun capped stone with the 67th to 72nd Yokozuna
(on the left, the stone before Kisenosato's name was added).

大関力士碑 Ozeki Wrestler Monument/Panel with Edo Era Ozeki (top three rows) and the Meiji/Taisho Era starting on the bottom row.

Ozeki Monument (recent additions) - 霧島 一博 Kirishima Kazuhiro (right),  貴ノ浪 貞博 Takanonami Sadahiro,  武双山 正士 Musoyama Masashi,  栃東 大裕 Tochiazuma Daisuke,  出島 武春 Dejima Takeharu,  千代大海 龍二 Chiyotaikai Ryūji; 琴光喜 啓司 Kotomitsuki Keiji,  魁皇 博之 Kaio Hiroyuki,  雅山 哲士 Miyabiyama Tetsushi,  把瑠都 凱斗 Baruto Kaito (left)

Ozeki Monument (latest entry) - 琴欧洲 勝紀 Kotoōshū Katsunori

巨人力士手形足形碑 (Kyojin rikishi tegata ashigata-hi) [Giant rikishi's hand prints/foot prints monument](May 2016/Jan 2019)
Top row from the left: 大空 Oozora, 釈迦ヶ嶽 Shakkagatake & 九紋竜 Kumonryū
Middle row from the left: 鰭ヶ嶽 Hiregatake, 竜門 Ryūmon & 出羽ヶ嶽 Dewagatake 1902-1950 (203cm/6ft 8in tall)
Bottom row (footprints) from the left: 生月 Ikuzuki 1827-1850 (227cm/7ft 5in tall), 竜門 Ryūmon & 男山 Otokoyama

強豪関脇力士碑 (Kyōgō sekiwake rikishihi) [Powerful Sekiwake Wrestler Monument]
When I visited the shrine in Jan. 2019, someone had cleaned Rikidōzan's entry on the Sekiwake Monument.
力道山 光浩 Rikidouzan Mitsuhiro 1924-1963 is sandwiched between 神風 正一 Kamikaze Shouichi 1921-1990 & 時津山 仁一 Tokitsuyama Jin'ichi 1925-1968. Not sure why there is no hometown for Rikizōzan.

伊能忠敬の銅像 Inō Tadataka Statue
Japanese cartographer.

1745-1818 Starting in 1800, Tadataka made ten expeditions to survey the coast line and interior of Japan using modern surveying techniques. The first expedition was self funded. Distances were measured by pacing.

深川富士 Fukugawa Fuji ・ 富士浅間神社 Fuji Sengen Jinja

This Fujizuka has a particularly pleasing profile. (1m/ornamental)
The shrine hosts frequent Sunday antique fairs and flea markets.
東京都江東区富岡一丁目20番3号 Tomioka, Koto Ward

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