Pyrotechnics designer Hiroyuki Hirose is gearing up for the Sumida River Fireworks Festival in Tokyo, during which his company will shoot off 9,500 fireworks. The July 29 display is returning ...

TOKYO -- The waterfront area of Chuo Ward in Japan's capital is crowded with office buildings and condo towers. Near the mouth of the Sumida River is a large plot of land left vacant since the ...

The Sumida River Fireworks Festival, the big daddy of summer events in Tokyo, returned in a blaze of glory July 29 after a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Fittingly, the annual ...

NHK's archives house an extensive collection of photographs and videos of central Tokyo taken soon after ... which stretches across the Sumida River, sustained severe fire damage.

Walk through Japan’s energetic urban heart and see a vibrant, creative culture that bounced back from war and natural disaster. Pedestrians, shoppers, and people-watchers stroll on Chuo-dori in ...

The oldest religious site in Tokyo is also its most visited ... gold and found a statue of the god while fishing on the Sumida River. The Senso-ji shrine is dedicated to this lucky catch and ...

Yoshiko Hashimoto was a 24-year-old mother, living with her husband, baby and extended family in Tokyo's Sumida district ... sister finally made it to the river in their neighborhood.