Sumida River

Sumida in Tokyo

The Sumida at night

The Sumida (Japanese隅田川, -gawa ) is a river in Japan.

The Sumida shares in Shin- Iwabuchi sluice in the Tokyo district of Kita from Arakawa from flows through Tokyo, where it discharges into the Bay of Tokyo. The Sumida flows through the old bed of the Arakawa, who was diverted in the early 20th century, to prevent flooding. Before the 17th century, when the tone redirected (river) to the east and the Arakawa was separated from him, the Sumida was the lower reaches of the Iruma, which is a tributary of the Arakawa ever since.

The river was the Tokyo District Sumida Although his name, but the first Japanese characters passes for the district name of an alternate name for the river bank (墨 堤) from. On the Sumida operate tourist boats from which you can enjoy a spectacular view of the skyline of the Japanese capital.

The Sumida flows through the following city wards of Tokyo:

• Kita
• Adachi
• Arakawa
• Sumida
• Taitō
• Kōtō
• Chūō

The Sumida once formed the boundary between the provinces of Musashi and Shimousa what the big bridge over the Sumida " Two Countries Bridge " ( Ryōgoku -bashi ) gave the name. Although Later came the east side of the Sumida to the province of Musashi, but the name stuck.