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Tokyo Stroll Supplement: Sumida Ku
This page indexes, contains corrections, and has additions to Sumida Ku Tokyo. Related pages for specific neighborhoods/areas exist for: Northwestern Sumida Ward and RyōgokuFor information on Tokyo Stroll and this web supplement see Tokyo Stroll Supplement home page
For users of the Organic Maps, Maps.Me and Google Maps apps the items below have bookmarks you can import into those apps to make navigation easier. Some entries on this page may include a note that says "Description to be added soon ." These entries are for items I felt should be listed even if the description is not ready to assist those who wish to plan a trip. When possible I included a link to an official web page, I suggest also doing web searchs for more information. Sumida ku (墨田区)Founded in 1947 by the merger of the wards of Honjo and Mukojima. Bordered to the west by the Sumidagawa, to the south by Koto ku, the east by Edogawa ku and the Arakawa, it shares a small border with Adachi ku in the north.
Official pages for each of the ku of Tokyo will have sections of interest to visitors. These will likely be labeled as dealing with culture, tourism, or events. Aoyagi Seike (青柳正家): Tokyo Stroll, Northwestern Sumida Ward Chapter, page 293 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 Azumabashi Tourist Information Center (吾妻橋観光案内所): Tokyo Stroll, Northwestern Sumida Ward Chapter, page 290 Beer Club Popeye / Bīru Kurabu Popeye (麦酒倶楽部ポパイ) Description to be added soon Chanko Kawasaki (ちゃんこ川崎): Tokyo Stroll, Ryōgoku Chapter, page 334 Chōmeiji (長命寺): Tokyo Stroll, Northwestern Sumida Ward Chapter, page 293 Chōmeiji Sakuramochi (長命寺桜もち): Tokyo Stroll, Northwestern Sumida Ward Chapter, page 295 Daikokuyu (大黒湯) Sentō Ebiya (海老屋): Tokyo Stroll, Northwestern Sumida Ward Chapter, page 289 Edo-Tokyo Museum / Edo Tokyo Hakubutsukan (江戸東京博物館): Tokyo Stroll, Ryōgoku Chapter, page 340 Ekōin (回向院): Tokyo Stroll, Ryōgoku Chapter, page 329 Entsūji (圓通寺): Tokyo Stroll, Northwestern Sumida Ward Chapter, page 291 Former Yasuda Gardens / Kyū Yasuda Teien (旧安田庭園): Tokyo Stroll, Ryōgoku Chapter, page 340 Great Kanto Earthquake Memorial Museum / Tōkyōto Fukkō Kinenkan (東京都復興記念館) Description to be added soon Hatonomachi Market Street / Hatonomachi Dōri Shōtengai (鳩の街通り商店街): Tokyo Stroll, Northwestern Sumida Ward Chapter, page 300 Higashi Shirahige Park / Higashi Shirahige Kōen (東白鬚公園): Tokyo Stroll, Northwestern Sumida Ward Chapter, page 303 Honjo Matsuzakachō Park [Kira Residence Remains] / Honjo Matsuzakachō Kōen [Kira Tei Ato] (本所松坂町公園 [吉良邸跡]): Tokyo Stroll, Ryōgoku Chapter, page 332 Hōsenji (法泉寺): Tokyo Stroll, Northwestern Sumida Ward Chapter, page 302 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. Japanese Sword Museum / Tōken Hakubutsukan (刀剣博物館): Tokyo Stroll, Ryōgoku Chapter, page 340 Jiman Kusamochi (志゛満ん草餅): Tokyo Stroll, Northwestern Sumida Ward Chapter, page 300 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 Kado (カド): Tokyo Stroll, Northwestern Sumida Ward Chapter, page 293 Kappa of Oiteke Bori / Oitekebori no kappa-zō (おいてけ堀のかっぱ像) A statue located in Kinshibori Park. 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 Kinshibori Park / Kinshibori Kōen (錦糸堀公園) Description to be added soon Kōfukuji (弘福寺): Tokyo Stroll, Northwestern Sumida Ward Chapter, page 293 Koguma (こぐま): Tokyo Stroll, Northwestern Sumida Ward Chapter, page 300 Kototoi Dango (言問団子): Tokyo Stroll, Northwestern Sumida Ward Chapter, page 295 Lion-dō (ライオン堂): Tokyo Stroll, Ryōgoku Chapter, page 334 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 Memorial to the Birthplace of Katsu Kaishū / Katsu Kaishū Seitanchihi (勝海舟生誕の地 記念碑): Tokyo Stroll, Ryōgoku Chapter, page 333 Merikoti Description to be added soon Mikokuyu (御谷湯) Sentō, Tattoos allowed. Mimeguri Shrine / Mimeguri Jinja (三囲神社): Tokyo Stroll, Northwestern Sumida Ward Chapter, page 291 Mokuboji (木母寺): Tokyo Stroll, Northwestern Sumida Ward Chapter, page 303 Momonjiya (ももんじや): Tokyo Stroll, Ryōgoku Chapter, page 329 Mukōjima Hyakkaen (向島百花園): Tokyo Stroll, Northwestern Sumida Ward Chapter, page 301 Mukōjima kagai (Mukōjima hanamachi) (向島花街): Tokyo Stroll, Northwestern Sumida Ward Chapter, page 295 Narihirabashi Information Center (業平橋観光案内所): Tokyo Stroll, Northwestern Sumida Ward Chapter, page 307 Nomi no Sukune Shrine / Nomi no Sukune Jinja (野見宿禰神社): Tokyo Stroll, Ryōgoku Chapter, page 341 Ōyokogawa Shinsui Park / Ōyokogawa Shinsui Kōen (大横川親水公園): Tokyo Stroll, Northwestern Sumida Ward Chapter, page 307 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. Postal Museum Japan / Yūsei Hakubutsukan (郵政博物館) Description to be added soon Ryōgoku Fireworks Museum / Ryōgoku Hanabi Shiryōkan (両国花火資料館): Tokyo Stroll, Ryōgoku Chapter, page 329 Ryōgoku Sumō Hall / Ryōgoku Kokugikan (両国国技館): Tokyo Stroll, Ryōgoku Chapter, page 335 Ryōgoku bridge / Ryōgokubashi (両国橋): Tokyo Stroll, Ryōgoku Chapter, page 328 Shirahige Higashi Apartments (白鬚東アパート): Tokyo Stroll, Northwestern Sumida Ward Chapter, page 303 Shirahige Shrine / Shirahige Jinja (白鬚神社): Tokyo Stroll, Northwestern Sumida Ward Chapter, page 302 Shirakaba (白樺) Lucky Cat Monaka Wafers 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 Sumida Hokusai Museum / Sumida Hokusai Bijutsukan (すみだ北斎美術館): Tokyo Stroll, Ryōgoku Chapter, page 341 Sumida Park / Sumida Kōen (隅田公園): Tokyo Stroll, Northwestern Sumida Ward Chapter, page 291 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. Sumida Ward Office / Sumida Ku Yakusho (墨田区役所): Tokyo Stroll, Northwestern Sumida Ward Chapter, page 289 Sumidagawa Shrine / Sumidagawa Jinja (白鬚神社): Tokyo Stroll, Northwestern Sumida Ward Chapter, page 303 Sumō Museum / Sumō Hakubutsukan (相撲博物館): Tokyo Stroll, Ryōgoku Chapter, page 334 Takagi Shrine / Takagi Jinja (高木神社) Description to be added soon Tamonji (多聞寺): Tokyo Stroll, Northwestern Sumida Ward Chapter, page 304 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 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. Tokyo Skytree (東京スカイツリー): Tokyo Stroll, Northwestern Sumida Ward Chapter, page 305 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. TOKYO Solamachi (東京ソラマチ) Free Observation Deck at Levels 30/31 Tortoiseshell Crafts Museum / Bekkō Museum (べっ甲資料館)
A very small museum devoted to Japanese tortoiseshell items and the tools used to make them from the Edo Period to the present. Combs, hairpins, and more on display. Located in the store of a traditional craftsman who works with tortoise shell, the family has been making these items for three generations since 1945. Ushijima Shrine / Ushijima Jinja (牛嶋神社): Tokyo Stroll, Northwestern Sumida Ward Chapter, page 290 Yokoamichō Park / Yokoamichō Kōen (横網町公園): Tokyo Stroll, Ryōgoku Chapter, page 341 Back to the Tokyo Stroll Supplement home page - Privacy Notice - Back to Gilles' home page Created July 10, 2919 | Content last updated July 10, 2025 |