Just like in the Edo period, there are still plenty of ways to enjoy your leisure time along the Sumida River. Sumida Park is one of many places to go but is a great starting point. Located in Sumida Ward in Tokyo, the park is situated on both banks of the river and is home to a huge number of cherry blossom trees. This makes the park very popular during cherry blossom season and a great destination for a picnic and a cherry blossom viewing party. It attracts over a million visitors each year.
There are many walking courses located along the river. You can plot your own walk but there is a great selection of walks available at Tokyo Walking Map. Under the list of water-side walks, there is a number that will take you along the Sumida River. I would particularly recommend the Sumida Walking map found here. Though focused on Sumida ward itself rather than the river, there are a number of walks found in this brochure that will take you along the river and through some interesting places to visit such as Ushijima shrine and Kyu Yasuda garden.
There are numerous river cruises available traveling all along the Sumida River. Historically, boats have been available as more or less water buses, allowing people to travel to various parts of Tokyo along the river.
Some of them still serve this purpose today to an extent, though more for tourists traveling around and seeing various parts of the city. The boats themselves have changed too, with some spectacularly futuristic-looking cruise ships running up and down the river, designed by famous manga artist Leiji Matsumoto, creator of Space Battleship Yamato. Timetables, routes, and reservations for these services are available here. Aside from the daily routes, there are also more upscale river cruises run by different operators available, complete with dinner and drinks.
These are, of course, more expensive and need to be booked in advance. The towering, elegant Tokyo Skytree in Sumida ward, offering unparalleled panoramas of the metropolis, and lots of fun shopping, is accessible from the same point in the river, a little east from Asakusa, over Azuma Bridge.
A few minutes by boat south of Asakusa you glide past the Ryogoku district - the heart of sumo wrestling in Japan, with its green hexagonal-roofed Kokugikan Stadium, and, behind it, the excellent Edo-Tokyo Museum. Futher down near the mouth of the river is the elegant, green oasis of Hamarikyu Garden , which many ferries serve.
Odaiba , even further downriver where it meets Tokyo Bay, is a broad, spacious island offering various enjoyable ways to spend your time in Tokyo.
This is the biggest of Tokyo's fireworks festivals and is extremely popular with the locals. Hanami, or cherry blossom viewing, is especially good along the banks of the river between the Azumabashi and Sakurabashi bridges, where cherry trees bloom over the water along a one-kilometer stretch. Within the park, find stylish cafes with open-terrace seating and enjoy views of Tokyo Sky Tree while relaxing.
This modern iteration was completed in It is a good vantage point from which to appreciate the roughly cherry blossom trees planted along the Sumida River. Next up on your Sumida River walking tour is the Komagata Bridge. Named after Komagata-do Hall of the nearby Sensoji Temple, this bridge was built in A pleasing light blue color with one long arch, this meter-long bridge features a small terrace in the middle where pedestrians can take a break or take photos of the nearby Tokyo Skytree.
During the Edo period, the neighborhood around this bridge housed a stable for horses which were used to transport rice to the government. The bridge was thus named umaya, horse stable in Japanese. Horse adornments along the length of the bridge pay tribute to its history.
The original structure was built in and has changed locations several times. And some other cruising companies operate various ships. You can use them. Tokyo Cruising. It is one of the major fireworks festival in Tokyo, and 20 thousand fireworks are set off from around to Fuji Hakone Nikko Miyajima Koyasan.
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