Playing directly into the hands of this emerging (and very welcome, we think) trend is the somewhat clunkily named Share Hotels Lyuro Tokyo Kiyosumi, which opened its doors along the Sumida River ...

In the past, it has attracted crowds of up to one million gathering along the banks of the Sumida River as more than 22,000 fireworks are let off. Sumida Ward and Tokyo metropolitan government ...

Page from "Panoramic Views of Both Banks of the Sumida River at a Glance," printed in 1801 Height: 7 3/4 in x width: 11 1/2 in ...

Breathtaking fireworks are synonymous with summer in Japan, but the Sumida River fireworks festival on July 27 is the biggest, most spectacular of them all. This stunning pyrotechnic display of ...

The Panasonic-sponsored Tokyo Hotaru festival featured 100,000 glowing blue orbs floating down the Sumida River near the Tokyo Sky Tree.

The river’s BOD (biochemical oxygen demand) level had fallen to a fraction of what it had been in 1970, and over the three decades to the year 2000, the Sumida River’s BOD levels consistently ...

TOKYO -- The Sumida River Fireworks Festival, one of the Japanese capital's biggest fireworks events, will be cancelled for the third year in a row as ...

On the evening of July 29, Tokyo held its famous annual Sumida River Fireworks Festival. The festival was postponed for one day due to Typhoon Jongdari, which swept by the city the day before ...

It's been a little over two years since we released the first version of our popular '67 things to do in Asakusa, Sumida' guide map in association with Tobu Railways, and we're on to our whopping ...

The answer, organizers say, has to do with a return to the past. Long ago, the Sumida River, which runs through Tokyo's east end, was one of the life sources of the community.