Sumida, Tokyo

Sumida

墨田?
Sumida 墨田?
Special ward
	Sumida City
	From left: Sumida City Office, Tokyo Skytree , and Asahi Breweries headquarters with the golden Asahi Flame
	Flag Seal
	Location of Sumida in Tokyo Metropolis
	Sumida Location in Japan
	Coordinates: 35°42′N 139°49′E / 35.700°N 139.817°E
Country	Japan
Region	Kant?
Prefecture	Tokyo Metropolis
Government
? Mayor	T?ru Yamamoto
Area
? Total	13.77 km 2 (5.32 sq mi)
Population (October 1, 2020 )
? Total	272,085
? Density	19,759/km 2 (51,180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+09:00 ( JST )
City hall address	1-23-20 Azumabashi, Sumida-ku, Tokyo ; 130-8640
Website	www .city .sumida .lg .jp
Symbols
Flower	Azalea
Tree	Cherry blossom

Sumida ( 墨田? , Sumida-ku ) is a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan . The English translation of its Japanese self-designation is Sumida City .

As of 1 March 2023, the ward has an estimated population of 277,058 and a population density of 20,120 persons per km ². Its total area is 13.77 km ².

Sumida's city office is located in Azumabashi, while its commercial center is the area around Kinshicho Station in the south.

Geography [ edit ]

Sumida is in the north-eastern part of the mainland portion of Tokyo. The Sumida and Arakawa are the major rivers, and form parts of its boundaries. Its neighbors are all special wards: Adachi to the north; Arakawa to the northwest; Katsushika to the east; Edogawa to the southeast; Tait? to the west; Ch?? to the southwest; and K?t? to the south.

Landmarks [ edit ]

Asahi Breweries headquarters: The Asahi Beer Hall , with the Asahi flame created by French designer Philippe Starck in 1989, is one of Tokyo's most recognizable modern structures. ^[2]
Edo-Tokyo Museum
Eko-in : Buddhist temple
Hokusai-dori (Hokusai Street), with a series of prints by famed Japanese artist Hokusai , who was born in the Kamezawa area of Sumida
Honjo Matsuzaka-cho Park: the residence of Kira Yoshinaka stood on this site. The Forty-seven r?nin killed him during the Genroku era.
Kinshicho Station , among the most popular places to play the mobile game Pokemon Go in all of Japan. It's easy to see people staring at their phones for hours and catching every single Pokemon around the area. ^{[
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Ry?goku Kokugikan (National Sumo Stadium)
Sumida Triphony Hall , concert hall
Tobu Museum
Tokyo Irei-do (Tokyo Memorial Hall): a memorial to unidentified people who died in the Great Kant? earthquake , the Bombing of Tokyo in World War II and other catastrophes; by It? Ch?ta
Tokyo Skytree : A digital terrestrial television broadcasting tower used by NHK and other broadcasters. It is the tallest tower in the world and the tallest man-made structure in Japan. The Tokyo Solamachi (Tokyo Skytree Town) retail complex is adjacent to Skytree, with Sumida Aquarium on the 5th and 6th floors.
Yokoamicho Park , in the Yokoami district

Places [ edit ]

View of Sumida River from Ryogoku Bridge

In the north (the former Mukojima Ward): Sumida, Tsutsumi-dori, Higashi Sumida, Yahiro, Mukojima, Higashi Mukojima, Tachibana, Bunka, Kyojima, Oshiage
In the center (former Honjo Ward): Azuma-bashi, Higashi Komagata, Honjo, Narihira, Yokokawa
In the south (former Honjo Ward): Yokoami, Ryogoku, Chitose, Ishiwara, Kamezawa, Midori, Tatekawa, Kikukawa, Taihei, Kinshi, Koto-bashi

History [ edit ]

The ward was founded on March 15, 1947. It was previously the (ordinary) wards Honjo and Mukojima. Mukojima, formed in 1932, contained the former town of Sumida, which along with the river gave the ward its name.

Companies [ edit ]

Asahi Breweries has its headquarters in Azuma-bashi.
Japan Tobacco has a plant in Yokokawa.
Keisei Electric Railway has its headquarters in Oshiage.
Lion Corporation , the detergent and toiletries giant, has its home office in Honjo.
Tobu Railway has its headquarters in Oshiage.

Politics [ edit ]

As of 2023, the mayor is T?ru Yamamoto. The council consists of 34 members.

Transport [ edit ]

Rail lines [ edit ]

JR East S?bu Main Line : Kinshich?, Ry?goku Stations
Tobu Railway
- T?bu Isesaki Line : Oshiage, Tokyo Skytree, Hikifune, Higashi-Muk?jima, Kanegafuchi Stations
- T?bu Kameido Line : Higashi-Azuma, Omurai, Hikifune Stations
Keisei Electric Railway Keisei Oshiage Line : Oshiage, Keisei Hikifune, Yahiro Stations
Tokyo Metro Hanz?mon Line : Kinshich?, Oshiage Stations
Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation
- Toei Asakusa Line : Honj? Azuma-bashi, Oshiage Stations
- Toei Shinjuku Line : Kikukawa Station
- Toei ?edo Line : Ry?goku Station

Railway stations [ edit ]

Highways [ edit ]

Shuto Expressway
- C2 Central Loop
- No. 6 Muk?jima Route
- No. 7 Komatsugawa Route
National highways
- Route 6
- Route 14

Education [ edit ]

Metropolitan high schools are operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education .

Honjo High School [ ja ] ^[3]
Mukojima Commercial High School ^[4]
Mukojima Technical High School ^[5]
Nihonbashi High School [ ja ]
Ryogoku High School [ ja ] ^[6]
Sumidagawa High School [ ja ] ^[7]
Tachibana High School [ ja ] ^[8]

In addition, the metropolitan school district also operates a metropolitan junior high school:

Ryogoku Junior High School [ ja ] ^[9]

Municipal kindergartens, elementary schools, and junior high schools are operated by Sumida City Board of Education (墨田??育委員?). ^[10]

Municipal junior high schools: ^[10]

Azumadaini ("Azuma No. 2") Junior High School (吾?第二中?校)
Azumamatchibana Junior High School (吾?立花中?校)
Bunka Junior High School (文花中?校)
Honjyo Junior High School ( 本所中?校 )
Kinshi Junior High School ( 錦?中?校 )
Ryogoku Junior High School ( ??中?校 )
Sakuratsutsumi Junior High School (?堤中?校)
Sumida Junior High School (墨田中?校)
Tatekawa Junior High School (竪川中?校)
Terashima Junior High School (寺島中?校)

Municipal elementary schools: ^[10]

No. 1 Terajima (第一寺島小?校)
No. 2 Terajima (第二寺島小?校)
No. 3 Azuma (第三吾?小?校)
No. 3 Terajima ( 第三寺島小?校 )
No. 4 Azuma (第四吾?小?校)
Chuwa (中和小?校)
Futaba ( 二葉小?校 )
Higashiazuma (東吾?小?校)
Hikifune (曳舟小?校)
Kikukawa (菊川小?校)
Kinshi (錦?小?校)
Kototoi ( 言問小?校 )
Koume (小梅小?校)
Midori ( ?小?校 )
Nakagawa (中川小?校)
Narihira ( 業平小?校 )
Oshiage ( 押上小?校 )
Ryogoku (??小?校)
Sotode (外手小?校)
Sumida (隅田小?校)
Tachibana Azuma-no-Mori ( 立花吾?の森小?校 )
Umekawa (梅若小?校)
Yahiro (八?小?校)
Yanagashima (柳島小?校)
Yokokawa (?川小?校)

Municipal kindergartens: ^[10]

Daisanterajima ("No. 3 Terajima") (第三寺島幼稚園)
Hikifune (曳舟幼稚園)
Kikukawa (菊川幼稚園)
Midori (?幼稚園)
Tachibana (立花幼稚園)
Yahiro (八?幼稚園)
Yanagishima (柳島幼稚園)

International schools:

Tokyo Korean 5th Elementary and Middle School ( 東京朝鮮第五初中級?校 ) - North Korean school ^[11]

Notable people [ edit ]

Historical [ edit ]

Ry?nosuke Akutagawa lived in Mukojima
Enomoto Takeaki lived in Mukojima
Katsushika Hokusai was born in Kamezawa
Katsu Kaish? was born in Kamezawa
K?da Rohan lived in Muk?jima
Matsuo Bash? lived in Honj?
Mori ?gai lived in Muk?jima
Nezumi Koz? (Jirokichi): a memorial is located at Eko-in

Modern [ edit ]

Haruka Igawa : actress, model
Chosuke Ikariya : actor, comedian ( The Drifters )
Nana Kinomi : actress
Masakazu Morita , voice actor
Masao Ohba : former WBA flyweight champion
Sadaharu Oh : baseball player and manager
Kazuhito Tadano : Major League Baseball player
Suih? Tagawa : manga artist
Hisanori Takahashi : baseball player
Tomomi Takano : model and professional boxer
Yoshihiro Takayama : pro wrestler
Chisa Yokoyama : voice actor
Shunsuke Kazama , actor, voice actor and tarento

International relations [ edit ]

Sumida maintains sister-city relationships with Seodaemun-gu , Seoul, South Korea, and with Shijingshan District , Beijing, China.

Works set in Sumida [ edit ]

Chushingura , the fictional account of the events surrounding the revenge of the Forty-seven Ronin
Bokuto Kitan , the novel by Nagai Kafu
You're Under Arrest manga series
Battle Kuma Oni. in Kachidoki Bridge 「東京激震! 新生莫斯科華??! T?ky? Gekishin! Shinsei Mosukuba Kagekidan !」 Tokyo Trembles! The New Moscow Combat Revue! in Oji Hiroi 's 2000 Sakura Wars TV Series Shin Sakura Taisen the Animation , 2020
Lycoris Recoil anime series ^[12]
Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo , the horror visual novel directed and written by Takanari Ishiyama and published by Square Enix , 2023

References [ edit ]

^ "Population by District" . Tokyo Statistical Yearbook . Retrieved 2022-07-15 .
^ Bolstad, Max. Asahi Beer Hall . bento.com Tokyo Architecture Review, 1998. Accessed 23 December 2009.
^ Tokyo Metropolitan Honjo Senior High School Archived 2016-05-24 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
^ T?ky? Toritsu Muk?jima Sh?gy? K?t?gakk? Archived 2007-11-01 at the Wayback Machine (Tokyo Metropolitan Mukojima Commercial Senior High School Homepage) (in Japanese)
^ Mukojima Technical High School Archived 2007-10-31 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
^ T?ky? Toritsu Ry?koku K?t?gakk? Web Site Archived 2007-11-11 at the Wayback Machine (Tokyo Metropolitan Ry?koku Senior High School Web Site) (in Japanese)
^ Sumidagawa SHS (in Japanese)
^ Metropolitan Tokyo Tachibana High School Archived 2016-05-09 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese) ; Tachibana High School Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
^ Tokyo Metropolitan Ryogoku Junior High School Archived 2016-05-26 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Home" . Sumida City Board of Education . Retrieved 2022-11-26 .
^ ウリハッキョ一? . Chongryon . Archived from the original on December 19, 2015 . Retrieved October 14, 2015 . {{ cite web }}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link ) ().
^ Sumida, Tokyo [@sumida_official] (July 1, 2022). 墨田?の風景が?多く登場するTVアニメ「リコリス?リコイル」が7月2日（土）23時30分～放送開始します！背景に注目しながら、ぜひチェックしてみてください。 ( Tweet ) (in Japanese) . Retrieved April 1, 2023 – via Twitter .

External links [ edit ]

Sumida City Official Website (in Japanese)

[1] "Population by District" . Tokyo Statistical Yearbook . Retrieved 2022-07-15 .

[2] Bolstad, Max. Asahi Beer Hall . bento.com Tokyo Architecture Review, 1998. Accessed 23 December 2009.

[3] Tokyo Metropolitan Honjo Senior High School Archived 2016-05-24 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)

[4] T?ky? Toritsu Muk?jima Sh?gy? K?t?gakk? Archived 2007-11-01 at the Wayback Machine (Tokyo Metropolitan Mukojima Commercial Senior High School Homepage) (in Japanese)

[5] Mukojima Technical High School Archived 2007-10-31 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)

[6] T?ky? Toritsu Ry?koku K?t?gakk? Web Site Archived 2007-11-11 at the Wayback Machine (Tokyo Metropolitan Ry?koku Senior High School Web Site) (in Japanese)

[7] Sumidagawa SHS (in Japanese)

[8] Metropolitan Tokyo Tachibana High School Archived 2016-05-09 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese) ; Tachibana High School Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine

[9] Tokyo Metropolitan Ryogoku Junior High School Archived 2016-05-26 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)

[SumidaSchoolList-10] "Home" . Sumida City Board of Education . Retrieved 2022-11-26 .

[11] ウリハッキョ一? . Chongryon . Archived from the original on December 19, 2015 . Retrieved October 14, 2015 . {{ cite web }}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link ) ().

[12] Sumida, Tokyo [@sumida_official] (July 1, 2022). 墨田?の風景が?多く登場するTVアニメ「リコリス?リコイル」が7月2日（土）23時30分～放送開始します！背景に注目しながら、ぜひチェックしてみてください。 ( Tweet ) (in Japanese) . Retrieved April 1, 2023 – via Twitter .

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