Tokyo Stroll Supplement: Northwestern Sumida Ward

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This page indexes, contains corrections and has additions to the Northwestern Sumida Ward chapter of Tokyo Stroll.

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Aoyagi Seike (青柳正家): Tokyo Stroll, Northwestern Sumida Ward Chapter, page 293
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Hikifune Station (Tobu Skytree Line, Tobu Kameido Line)

Asahi Group Head Office Building [Asahi Beer Headquarters] (アサヒグループ本社ビル): Tokyo Stroll, Northwestern Sumida Ward Chapter, page 289
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATIONS: Asakusa Station (Ginza Line), Asakusa Station (Tobu Railway)

Azumabashi Tourist Information Center (吾妻橋観光案内所): Tokyo Stroll, Northwestern Sumida Ward Chapter, page 290
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATIONS: Asakusa Station (Ginza Line), Asakusa Station (Tobu Railway)

Chōmeiji (長命寺): Tokyo Stroll, Northwestern Sumida Ward Chapter, page 293
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Hikifune Station (Tobu Skytree Line, Tobu Kameido Line)

Chōmeiji Sakuramochi (長命寺桜もち): Tokyo Stroll, Northwestern Sumida Ward Chapter, page 295
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Hikifune Station (Tobu Skytree Line, Tobu Kameido Line)

Daikokuyu (大黒湯)

Sentō
Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Tokyo Skytree Station (Tobu Skytree Line), Oshiage Station (Keisei Oshiage Line, Tobu Skytree Line, Toei Asakusa Line, Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line), Honjo-Azumabashi Station (Toei Asakusa Line)
WEB: https://www.daikokuyu.com

Ebiya (海老屋): Tokyo Stroll, Northwestern Sumida Ward Chapter, page 289
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATIONS: Asakusa Station (Ginza Line), Asakusa Station (Tobu Railway)

Entsūji (圓通寺): Tokyo Stroll, Northwestern Sumida Ward Chapter, page 291
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Tokyo Skytree Station (Tobu Skytree Line)

Hatonomachi Market Street / Hatonomachi Dōri Shōtengai (鳩の街通り商店街): Tokyo Stroll, Northwestern Sumida Ward Chapter, page 300
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Hikifune Station (Tobu Skytree Line, Tobu Kameido Line)

Higashi Shirahige Park / Higashi Shirahige Kōen (東白鬚公園): Tokyo Stroll, Northwestern Sumida Ward Chapter, page 303
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Kanegafuchi station (Tobu Skytree Line)

Hōsenji (法泉寺): Tokyo Stroll, Northwestern Sumida Ward Chapter, page 302
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Higashi-Mukōjima Station (Tobu Skytree LineTobu Skytree Line)

Infinity Books Japan

A small bookshop with a varied selection of works in English, both new and used. This is a great place to stumble across a book you never knew existed. Their website lists their stock, they also have a book finding service. They also hold a variety of free events onsite. There is a slight odor of cigarettes, I'm allergic to tobacco and it was so minor it did not bother me.
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Honjo-Azumabashi Station (Toei Asakusa Line)
WEB: https://www.infinitybooksjapan.com

Jiman Kusamochi (志゛満ん草餅): Tokyo Stroll, Northwestern Sumida Ward Chapter, page 300
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Higashi-Mukōjima Station (Tobu Skytree LineTobu Skytree Line)

JUMP SHOP Tokyo Skytree Town Soramachi (JUMP SHOP 東京スカイツリータウン・ソラマチ店)

Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Tokyo Skytree Station (Tobu Skytree Line), Oshiage Station (Keisei Oshiage Line, Tobu Skytree Line, Toei Asakusa Line, Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line)

Kado (カド): Tokyo Stroll, Northwestern Sumida Ward Chapter, page 293
GONE: The building Kado was in was going to be condemned in 1923, the a wall collapsed. The owner stated he was planning to reopen elsewhere but that does not seem to have happened. I'll miss their wonderful walnut bread, large sandwiches, and juice.
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Hikifune Station (Tobu Skytree Line, Tobu Kameido Line)

Kataoka Byōbu and the Museum of Byōbu / Byōbu Hakubutsukan (片岡屏風店 and 屏風博物館): Tokyo Stroll, Northwestern Sumida Ward Chapter, page 305
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Tokyo Skytree Station (Tobu Skytree Line)

Kōfukuji (弘福寺): Tokyo Stroll, Northwestern Sumida Ward Chapter, page 293
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Hikifune Station (Tobu Skytree Line, Tobu Kameido Line)

Koguma (こぐま): Tokyo Stroll, Northwestern Sumida Ward Chapter, page 300
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Hikifune Station (Tobu Skytree Line, Tobu Kameido Line)

Kototoi Dango (言問団子): Tokyo Stroll, Northwestern Sumida Ward Chapter, page 295
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Hikifune Station (Tobu Skytree Line, Tobu Kameido Line)

Little Museum of Glass Books / Chīsana Garasu no Hon no Hakubutsukan (ちいさな硝子の本の博物館)

Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Honjo-Azumabashi Station (Toei Asakusa Line)
WEB: https://chiisanaglass.jp

Mimeguri Shrine / Mimeguri Jinja (三囲神社): Tokyo Stroll, Northwestern Sumida Ward Chapter, page 291
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Tokyo Skytree Station (Tobu Skytree Line)

Mokuboji (木母寺): Tokyo Stroll, Northwestern Sumida Ward Chapter, page 303
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Kanegafuchi station (Tobu Skytree Line)

Mukōjima Hyakkaen (向島百花園): Tokyo Stroll, Northwestern Sumida Ward Chapter, page 301
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Higashi-Mukōjima Station (Tobu Skytree LineTobu Skytree Line)

Mukōjima kagai (Mukōjima hanamachi) (向島花街): Tokyo Stroll, Northwestern Sumida Ward Chapter, page 295
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Hikifune Station (Tobu Skytree Line, Tobu Kameido Line)

Narihirabashi Information Center (業平橋観光案内所): Tokyo Stroll, Northwestern Sumida Ward Chapter, page 307
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATIONS: Honjo-Azumabashi Station (Toei Asakusa Line), Tokyo Skytree Station (Tobu Skytree Line)

Ōyokogawa Shinsui Park / Ōyokogawa Shinsui Kōen (大横川親水公園): Tokyo Stroll, Northwestern Sumida Ward Chapter, page 307
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATIONS: Honjo-Azumabashi Station (Toei Asakusa Line), Tokyo Skytree Station (Tobu Skytree Line)

Pokémon Center Skytree Town (ポケモンセンタースカイツリータウン)

Solamachi East Yard 4th floor. Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Tokyo Skytree Station (Tobu Skytree Line), Oshiage Station (Keisei Oshiage Line, Tobu Skytree Line, Toei Asakusa Line, Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line)
WEB: https://www.pokemon.co.jp/shop/pokecen/skytreetown/

Postal Museum Japan / Yūsei Hakubutsukan (郵政博物館)

Shirahige Higashi Apartments (白鬚東アパート): Tokyo Stroll, Northwestern Sumida Ward Chapter, page 303
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Higashi-Mukōjima Station (Tobu Skytree LineTobu Skytree Line), Kanegafuchi station (Tobu Skytree Line)

Shirahige Shrine / Shirahige Jinja (白鬚神社):: Tokyo Stroll, Northwestern Sumida Ward Chapter, page 302
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Higashi-Mukōjima Station (Tobu Skytree LineTobu Skytree Line)

Shirakaba (白樺)

Lucky Cat Monaka Wafers
Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Kinshichō Station (JR Chūō-Sōbu Line, JR Sōbu Line (Rapid)
WEB: https://shirakaba.site

Sumida Heritage Museum / Sumida Kyōdo Bunka Shiryōkan (すみだ郷土文化資料館): Tokyo Stroll, Northwestern Sumida Ward Chapter, page 291
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Tokyo Skytree Station (Tobu Skytree Line)

Sumida Park / Sumida Kōen (隅田公園): Tokyo Stroll, Northwestern Sumida Ward Chapter, page 291
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Tokyo Skytree Station (Tobu Skytree Line)

Sumida River Walk and Tokyo Mizumachi (すみだリバーウォーク & 東京ミズマチ)

As the writing of Tokyo Stroll was winding down a new 160-meter (524 foot) wood floored pedestrian walkway across the Sumidagawa was under construction alongside the Tōbu Isesaki Line railway bridge. The walkway is part of an easier route to reach Tokyo Skytree and the Tokyo Solamachi shopping center. This is also more direct than crossing at the Azumabashi and winding your way through the regular streets. It crosses the river and connects to a pathway through the southern part of the Mukōjima neighborhood. The bridge is also a good place to observes boat traffic on the river. There is even a window on the walkway providing a direct vertical view to the river.

The bridge connects the west side of the river at Sumida Park to the east side just upstream from the Kitajūkengawa canal close to the Makurabashi bridge. From there the pathway continues between the Kitajūkengawa and Tokyo Mizumachi, a new series of shops and restaurants built under the elevated train tracks which opened in June 2020.
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATIONS: Asakusa Station (Ginza Line), Asakusa Station (Tobu Railway)
WEB: https://www.tokyo-mizumachi.jp/en/

Sumida Ward Office / Sumida Ku Yakusho (墨田区役所): Tokyo Stroll, Northwestern Sumida Ward Chapter, page 289
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATIONS: Asakusa Station (Ginza Line), Asakusa Station (Tobu Railway)

Sumidagawa Shrine / Sumidagawa Jinja (白鬚神社): Tokyo Stroll, Northwestern Sumida Ward Chapter, page 303
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Kanegafuchi station (Tobu Skytree Line)

Takagi Shrine / Takagi Jinja (高木神社)

Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Hikifune Station (Tobu Skytree Line, Tobu Kameido Line), Tokyo Skytree Station (Tobu Skytree Line)
WEB: https://takagi-jinjya.com

Tamonji (多聞寺): Tokyo Stroll, Northwestern Sumida Ward Chapter, page 304
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Kanegafuchi station (Tobu Skytree Line)

Tobacco & Salt Museum / Tabako to Shio no Hakubutsukan (たばこと塩の博物館): Tokyo Stroll, Northwestern Sumida Ward Chapter, page 307
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATIONS: Honjo-Azumabashi Station (Toei Asakusa Line), Tokyo Skytree Station (Tobu Skytree Line)

Tōbu Museum / Tōbu Hakubutsukan (東武博物館)

A museum devoted to the history of Tōbu Railway since 1989. To enter you buy a ticket from the same type of machine that you find in train stations, you can even use your Pasmo or Suica card. Exhibits include steam locomotives, buses, and historical information. And many of the exhibits are hands on making them popular with both children and adults. The beautifully restored hardware on display includes engine number 5 made in 1898 which was decommissioned in 1965, a wooden electric street car in use from 1924 to 1981, and more. There are no restaurants in the museum, you can bring in outside food and eat in the rest area. The well-stocked museum shop has many items for rail fans.
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Higashi-Mukōjima Station (Tobu Skytree LineTobu Skytree Line)
WEB: http://www.tobu.co.jp/museum/en/

Tokyo Skytree (東京スカイツリー): Tokyo Stroll, Northwestern Sumida Ward Chapter, page 305
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Tokyo Skytree Station (Tobu Skytree Line)

Tokyo Skytree Town Campus, Chiba Institute of Technology / Chiba Kōgyōdaigaku Tōkyō Skytree Town (千葉工業大学東京スカイツリータウン)

Located on the 8th floors of TOKYO Solamachi. There is a full sized VALKYRIE VF-25F from the Macross anime series on display. Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Tokyo Skytree Station (Tobu Skytree Line), Oshiage Station (Keisei Oshiage Line, Tobu Skytree Line, Toei Asakusa Line, Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line)
WEB: https://cit-skytree.jp

TOKYO Solamachi (東京ソラマチ)

Free Observation Deck at Levels 30/31 Description to be added soon
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATION: Tokyo Skytree Station (Tobu Skytree Line), Oshiage Station (Keisei Oshiage Line, Tobu Skytree Line, Toei Asakusa Line, Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line)
WEB: https://www.tokyo-solamachi.jp

Ushijima Shrine / Ushijima Jinja (牛嶋神社): Tokyo Stroll, Northwestern Sumida Ward Chapter, page 290
NEAREST TRAIN/SUBWAY STATIONS: Asakusa Station (Ginza Line), Asakusa Station (Tobu Railway), Tokyo Skytree Station (Tobu Skytree Line)

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