"Ôkawabata
River City 21"on Sumida
mouth - Tsukuda
Sumida-gawa runs through Tôkyô
for 27 km, under 26 bridges spaced at about on bridge per kilometer. It
branches from Arakawa river and flows
into Tôkyô Bay. Its tributaries include the Kanda river and Shakuji river. Matsuo Bashô lived by the Sumidagawa,
longside the famous banana tree "bashô".
