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Sumidagawa river
The Sumida River flowing through Adachi, Tokyo

The Sumida River (隅田川, Sumida-gawa) is a Japanese river which flows through Tokyo. It crosses the north part of Tokyo and drains into Tokyo Bay.

Sumida bridges

The Sumida runs through Tokyo for 27 kilometers. There are 26 bridges across the river, including

  • Eitai Bridge
  • Senju Bridge
  • Sakura Bridge
  • Kototoi Bridge
  • Azuma Bridge
  • Komagata Bridge
  • Umaya Bridge
  • Shin Ohashi Bridge
  • Kiyosu Bridge
  • Chuo Bridge
  • Tsukuda Bridge
  • Kachidoki Bridge (Kachidoki-bashi)

Images for kids

  • Brooklyn Museum - Ryogoku Bridge and the Great Riverbank No 59 from One Hundred Views of Edo - Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando)

    Ryōgoku Bridge and the Great Riverbank by Hiroshige, 1856

  • Hiroshige le pont Nihonbashi à l'aube

    View of the Nihon-bashi at dawn, in a woodblock print by Hiroshige

  • Sumidagawa-UtagawaHiroshige1881

    View of the banks of the Sumida (Bokusui tsutsumi hanazakari no zu) by Hiroshige III, 1881

  • Sumida River at Night, Tokyo

    The Kachidoki-bashi lit at night.

  • BridgeSumida

    Chuo ohashi, one of the many bridges over the Sumida

  • 100 views edo 034

    San-ya-bori Canal in the Sumida River. Ukiyoe woodprint by Utagawa Hiroshige in the Edo period

  • Kiyosubashi1

    Kiyosu-bashi

  • Sunset across the Ryogoku bridge from the bank of the Sumida river at Onmagayashi

    Katsushika Hokusai view of the Ryōgoku-bashi as an ukiyoe print

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Río Sumida para niños

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