Sumida River

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.^[1]

The Sumida River flowing through Adachi, Tokyo

Sumida bridges

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

• Ryōgoku Bridge (Ryōgoku-bashi)^[2]

• Nihon bridge (Nihon-bashi)

• Eitai Bridge^[3]

• Senju Bridge

• Sakura Bridge^[4]

• Kototoi Bridge^[5]

• Azuma Bridge^[6]

• Komagata Bridge^[7]

• Umaya Bridge

• Shin Ohashi Bridge^[8]

• Kiyosu Bridge

• Chuo Bridge

• Tsukuda Bridge^[9]

• Kachidoki Bridge (Kachidoki-bashi)^[10]

Gallery

• 
  Ryōgoku Bridge and the Great Riverbank by Hiroshige, 1856
• 
  View of the Nihon-bashi at dawn, in a woodblock print by Hiroshige
• 
  View of the banks of the Sumida (Bokusui tsutsumi hanazakari no zu) by Hiroshige III, 1881
• 
  The Kachidoki-bashi lit at night.

References

1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Sumida-gawa)" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 912.
2. National Archives of Japan (NAJ), Ryogoku bridge (1875) Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-6-4.
3. Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 415.
4. Flickr, Sakurabashi; retrieved 2012-6-4.
5. Asakusa-samurai.com, Kototoi Bridge Archived 2009-12-07 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-6-4.
6. NAJ, Azumabashi Bridge (June 1876) Archived 2015-10-02 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-6-4.
7. Tokyo Panorama, Komagata Bridge + Azuma bridge Archived 2009-07-28 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-6-4.
8. Titsingh, p. 415; TokyoArchitecture.info, Shin Ohashi Bridge Archived 2016-08-28 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-6-4.
9. Commons image shows the Tsukuda Bridge (Tsukuda Ohashi), the white Chou Bridge (Chuo Ohashi), and above that the blue Eitai Bridge (Eitai-bashi; retrieved 2012-6-4.
10. Flickr, Kachidoki-bashi Bridge; retrieved 2012-6-4.

Other websites

Media related to Sumida River at Wikimedia Commons

• New York Public Library Digital Gallery Pleasure boating on the Sumida River, woodblock print, c. 1788-1790

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