Sumida River Sumida River The is a river that flows through Tokyo, Japan. It branches from the Arakawa River at Iwabuchi and flows into Tokyo Bay. Its tributaries include the Kanda and Shakujii rivers. What is now known as the "Sumida River" was previously the path of the Ara-kawa. However, towards the end of the Meiji era work was carried out to divert the main flow of the Ara-kawa to prevent flooding. It passes through the following wards of Tokyo: Sumida Gawa pottery was named after the Sumida River and was originally manufactured in the Asakusa district near Tokyo by potter Inoue
Japanese gunboat Sumida (1939) Japanese gunboat Sumida (1939) "Sumida" was the second of two vessels in the river gunboats authorized under the 3rd Naval Armaments Supplement Programme of 1937. "Sumida" had a hull with an overall length of and width of , with a normal displacement of 338 tons and draft of . She was propelled by two Kampon steam turbine engines with two boilers driving two shafts, producing and had a top speed of 17 knots. The ship was armed with one /28 cal. gun and one 25mm machine gun. " Sumida" was laid down on 13 April 1939 and launched 30 October