Sumida, Tokyo southeast; Taitō to the west; Chūō to the southwest; and Kōtō to the south. 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. As of 2005, the mayor is Noboru Yamazaki. The council consists of 34 members. Public elementary and middle schools are operated by Sumida. Public high schools are operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education. In addition, the metropolitan school district also operates a metropolitan junior high school:
Sumida M.2593 had a crew of six men, and was armed with either one 6.5 mm machine gun or one 7.7 mm machine gun. One version, the Type 91 Armored Railroad Car So-Mo was produced without a main fixed machine gun for armament. A second variant produced by Ishikawajima was known as the Sumida Model P Armored Car. It was used by the Special Naval Landing Forces (SNLF) of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). Sumida M.2593 The Sumida M.2593 (Type 91) was an armoured car produced in Japan in the 1930s. It could operate on both the roadway and railway lines. Designed