Get this: a compact, walkable area around Tokyo’s Sumida River is the site of both the city’s oldest temple, Sensoji, and its newest technological marvel, the 634-metre Tokyo Skytree. And as ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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.