Visit Sumida, Take A Walk And Enjoy Eating

Local Cuisine and Places,
recommended byforeigners living in Tokyo!

Stores with this mark have an English menu available.
You can also find over 100 restaurants and shops
in the［Oishii Sumida Tokyo］website.

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Take this guide along with you
as you freely explore Sumida.
New discoveries and encounters
are waiting for you here!

Located in the eastern part of theTokyo metropolis, Sumida has been
known as a town of craftsmanshipsince long ago. With lines of houses,
small workshops, and narrow streets
to explore, you can see the real
Japan here.
You can take a break from all thatwalking at one of the many shops,
restaurants, and cafes that the locals
love. A unique part of the Japaneseworking-class culture, sento, or publicbathhouse is also introduced here foryou to try. Individuals from elevencountries living in Tokyo will
introduce their favorite dishes andspots to you! They’ll even give you
hints on how to eat and enjoy thefood like the locals do! You’ll seethat there is so much to discoverabout Tokyo here, in Sumida!

Soba Noodles with Tempura Served in a Basket

天ざるI love Tenzaru!
Edd from Thailand

You can enjoy two types ofJapanese cuisine at one!
Soba is Japanese fast food. There iswarm and cold soba, and zaru soba is
one of the cold versions. Fresh
tempura is so crispy. This combinationis unbeatable! Try to slurp the soba
just as the locals do. The taste andaroma will ﬁll your mouth!
Our featured restaurant

小梅のやぶそば ● Koume no Yabusoba
HP
Address
Open
ClosedOishii Sumida Tokyo▶Noodles
3-45-15 Mukojima, Sumida-ku, Tokyo
11:00am-3:00pm, 5:00pm-8:00pm (L.O. 7:30pm)
Sundays

How to Eat zaru soba

Zaru soba is the standard for soba dishes. The dipping sauce(tsuyu) is served separately, so many people donʼt know what to
do with it. Itʼs easy and delicious, so donʼt be afraid to try!

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We will introduce
our favorite dishes
and spots to you!

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The dipping saucecomes withcondiments such as
wasabi and green
onion. Please putthem into the sauce
and mix the wasabi in
well.

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Take some soba withyour chopsticks anddip them into thesauce.

After youʼve ﬁnished
your soba, mix
soba-yu (the waterthat the soba wasboiled in) with thedipping sauce andtry drinking it!

Recommended
Sightseeing Spotin Sumida

Edd

YoshuaJose‘

Suzette

Zaya

Aida

Long Quan

Maurizio

Una

Jayun

AlfredAufa

TOKYO SKYTREE
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Mainly used as a radio and broadcast tower,
at 634m, TOKYO SKYTREE is a symbol ofpride and accomplishment. Check out the day
and night views of Tokyo which spread out infront of you from the observation deck! There
are also many restaurants and shops to enjoy.
Access TOKYO SKYTREE Station on the Tobu
Skytree Line and Oshiage Staion on the Tokyo Metro
Hanzomon Line3

RamenChankoChanko Hotpot

ラーメン

ちゃんこ鍋

The soup is incredible!

Ramen is delicious!

Zaya from Mongolia

José from Mexico

This food contains the secretof sumo wrestlers’ strength!

Once you try tsukemen,
you’ll keep wanting more!

The food that sumo wrestlers eat attheir stables is called “chanko.” But
when we usually think of it, hot-pot
comes to our minds. Full of nutrition,
we can feel a togetherness when we
eat from the same pot, so this dishcoming from the roots of sumo
creates an ideal meal!

There are many kinds of ramen in
Japan - soy sauce, salt, miso, seafood
and tonkotsu (pork bone). The
noodles also come in diﬀerent
thicknesses. But each shop has theirown taste and texture to help themstand out. Recently, “tsukemen” ordipping-style noodles which have thesoup and noodles separate, are also
popular.

Our featured restaurant

ちゃんこ巴潟 ● CHANKO TOMOEGATA

Our featured restaurantHP

双麺 ● Somen
HP
Address
Open
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Oishii Sumida Tokyo▶Noodles
1-4-10 Kinshi, Sumida-ku, Tokyo
11:00am-4:00pm, 5:00pm 〜 12:00pm (L.O.11:30pm)
No Holidays

ClosedOishii Sumida Tokyo▶JAPANESE RESTAURANTS & BARS
2-17-6 Ryogoku, Sumida-ku, Tokyo
11:30am-14:00pm, 5:00pm 〜 10:00pm
Mondays from June to August, New Yearʼs Holidays

How to eat “Nabe” hot-pot

How to use the ticket vending machines

Recently, many shops use ticket vending machines. Some of themeven have the pictures of the food on them, so itʼs easy to know what
you are ordering. You can easily add toppings and more noodles toyour order. If you need any help, the staﬀ will surely help you!

Ingredients and cooking methods can vary between restaurants, but
it is always cooked in front of you, hot and ready to eat. You usually
serve yourself - you take from the pot and eat from your own plate.

112Insert the money into
the machine. It takescoins and bills.

Be careful - water isoften self-service innoodle shops.

Recommended
Sightseeing Spotin Sumida

Sumida River
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The Sumida River is a famous spot to see
cherry blossoms. There is a cherry blossom
festival there each spring. There is also aﬁreworks festival held in July.

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The foam that ﬂoats
up should be takenout. After everythingis cooked well, takesome of the foodand put it on yourdish, and enjoy!

If the restaurant lets
you prepare the meal
yourself, put the
ingredients into the
pot that take themost time to cookﬁrst. At Tomoegata,
they will prepare
everything for you.

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Press the button of
the food that you
want to eat. Donʼtforget to get yourchange!

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Recommended
Sightseeing Spotin Sumida

Kokugikan & Sumo Museum
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Japanʼs national sport, sumo, takes place herein January, May and September. There is alsoa Sumo Museum here, where collections ofdata relating to sumo are displayed.

Address
Admission fee
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Udon noodles or rice
can be added to theleftover soup to soakup the great ﬂavor
and make a great
ﬁnal dish!

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1-3-28, Yokoami, Sumida-ku, Tokyo
Free（Sumo Museum）
10:00am-4:00pm
Saturdays, Sundays and National Holidays

Okonomiyaki

Izakaya

お好み焼き

居酒屋

Savory Pancakes

Japanese-style Bars

Taste and feel the seasons
from the daily specials!

It’s Delicious and fun !
Long Quan from China

Una from Slovenia

You can change the seasonings
and ingredients any way you want!

It’s always fun to talkwith the owners and staff!

Okonomiyaki, or Japanese savory
pancakes are made by mixing ﬂourwith water or stock, adding cabbage,
meat, and other ingredients andcooking it on a grill. Cooking it
yourself is the popular way in Tokyo,
but some of these places will prepare
it for you. Either way, you can eat it
hot and right oﬀ the grill!

Izakaya are restaurants or pubs
where adults can stop by on their
way home from work to have somedrinks and food. Small izakaya takeeﬀort to serve food that compliments
the time and season. With a variety of
traditional dishes to choose and at a
price that wonʼt hurt your budget,
you can never go wrong with izakaya!

Our featured restaurant

Our featured restaurant

お好み焼き わか ● Okonomiyaki WAKA
HP
Address
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みきや ● MIKIYA

Oishii Sumida Tokyo▶JAPANESE RESTAURANTS & BARS
3-33-9 Oshiage, Sumida-ku, Tokyo
5:00pm-11:00pm
Wednesdays

HP
Address
Open
ClosedHow to make Okonomiyaki

Donʼt worry if itʼs your ﬁrst time - the staﬀ at the shop will prepare
the grill and gladly help you make your ﬁrst okonimiyaki! After that,
try to do it on your own for a unique experience! Thatʼs the best
way to enjoy!

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Drinks are usually ordered ﬁrst. You will be given a small appetizer
called an Otoshi(some izakaya may not have one). There is usually asmall additional charge for this Otoshi. It is unique for eachrestaurant, so please try it!

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We specialize in selling indoor zouri (Japanese-styleslippers) made with specialty thread, toe socks andtabi socks. We also hold workshops where you canmake your own indoor zouri. We are close to The
Sumida Hokusai Museum.
HP
Address
Open
ClosedOishii Sumida Tokyo▶SHOPS
1-12-10 Kamezawa, Sumida-ku, Tokyo
10:00am-6:00pm
Irregular Holidays

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The grilled ﬁshchanges dependingon the season. This is
one way you can feelJapanʼsconsideration to theseasons.

Ordering from thestandard menu is agood place to start.
The daily specials areusually written on
some sign or board.

After it has beencooked well, add
sauce, “katsuobushi”(ﬁsh ﬂakes),mayonnaise, in any
way you want. Nowyouʼre ready to eat!

Let’s experience
Japanese culture
at workshops!

How to order at an izakaya

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Make it into a circle
and when one sidehas been cooked
well, ﬂip it over andwait.

Mix the ﬂour andingredients well.
Lightly spread the oilon the grill and lay
out the mixed
ingredients on thegrill.

Oishii Sumida Tokyo▶JAPANESE RESTAURANTS & BARS
3-9-1 Ryogoku, Sumida-ku, Tokyo
5:00pm - 10:00pm
Sundays

Recommended
Sightseeing Spotin Sumida

The food usuallycomes in individual
sizes, so you can try
many kinds of dishes
such as fried foods,
grilled ﬁsh andsashimi!

Edo Tokyo Museum
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Information about Edo Tokyoʼs 400-year
history is displayed. You can go back to the
Edo Period by crossing the life-sized
Nihonbashi Bridge inside the museum.
Address
Admission fee
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1-4-1 Yokoami, Sumida-ku, Tokyo¥600
9:30am-5:00pm（Saturday:9:30am-7:00pm)
Monday (if the Monday is a National Holiday,
we are closed the following Tuesday)
New Yearʼs Holidays●

SentoPublic bath

銭湯

You can relax in the large bathand feel your fatigue melt away!
Alfred from America

A bottle of coffee-flavored milk
is the best way to cool down !
Sento, or public bathhouses fromlong ago were built with shrine-likearchitecture, and their smokestacks
could be seen from far away, but
recently sento have been built into
the ground ﬂoors of buildings andapartments. Painted murals of Mount
Fuji in the bathing area are anotherunique point. If youʼre feeling tired
after a long day of walking andexploring, I recommend you to take arelaxing bath at a sento. Sumida also
has sento with natrual hot-springwater!

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Please take oﬀ yourshoes before
entering, and put
them in the shoe box.
Donʼt forget the key!

薬師湯 ● Yakushi-yu
HP

In the bathing area, you must take oﬀ all your clothes. Swimwear is
not allowed. There are a variety of baths such as medicinal baths
and jacuzzi jets. It is Japanese custom to soak your body up to yourshoulders. If youʼre not used to hot baths, be careful not to stay inthe bath for too long, as you may overheat and get dizzy!

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Our featured sento

Address

Sento manners andhow to enter the baths

Oishii Sumida Tokyo▶SHOPS
3-46-10 Mukojima, Sumida-ku, Tokyo
3:30pm-2:00am
Wednesdays

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In Tokyo, the sento
fee is 460yen. Please
pay in cash (somesento have ticket
vending machines).

If you donʼt have a
towel with you, you
can rent or borrowone. Most sento (inSumida) have bottles
of soap andshampoo in thebathing area, free touse.

Our featured sento

押上温泉 大黒湯 ● Oshiage onsen Daikoku-yu
HP
Address
Open

ClosedOishii Sumida Tokyo▶SHOPS
3-12-14 Yokokawa, Sumida-ku, Tokyo
Weekdays 3:00pm-12:00am
Saturdays 2:00pm-12:00am
Sundays and National holidays 1:00pm-12:00am
Mondays (If the Monday is a national holiday, weare closed the next day)4

Our featured sento

Before you enter thebath, wash your bodythoroughly. Pleasedonʼt put your towel
in the bath.

御谷湯 ● Mikoku-yu

Oishii Sumida Tokyo▶SHOPS
Address 3-30-8 Ishiwara, Sumida-ku, Tokyo
Open
3:30pm­2:00am (Last Entry 1:30am)
Closed Mondays (If the Monday is a national holiday, weare closed the next day)HP

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Sightseeing Spotin Sumida

Ushijima Shrine
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Close to TOKYO SKYTREE, this shrine has along history. “Nade-ushi,” is a bronze ﬁgure ofa cow. You rub the part of the cow thatmatches with the part of your body that may
ail you (for example, if you have a bad knee,
you should rub the knee(s) of the cow) and it
is believed you will be healed.

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Enjoy your time in
the bath - gaze at thewonderful painted
mural, talk with thelocals, soak in theatmosphere!

Recommended
Sightseeing Spotin Sumida

Mukojima Geisha
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There are geisha (traditional Japanese female
entertainers) in traditional Japaneserestaurants in Mukojima. If you want to beentertained by the geisha, you need to make areservation. When you walk around Mukojima,
you may encounter a geisha.

Address 1-4-5, Mukojima, Sumida-ku, Tokyo

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Please dry yourself
oﬀ completely before
you go back to thechanging area.

9Anmitsu

Yakitori

あんみつ

焼き鳥

Agar Jelly with Syrup, Sweet Bean Paste, and Other Topping Ingredients

Grilled Chicken

This can 0nly be eaten here,in Japan! Yoshua from Uganda

Yakitori is delicious!

I’ll take some home
for my family.

Suzette from Philippines

Aida from Philippines

Beautiful colors, and a sweetness
you can only experience in Japan

With various dishes lined up,
it’s fun to walk around and eat!

Wagashi are traditional sweets thathave been made in Japan since longago. These sweets have diﬀerences
depending on the season and place.
This “anmitsu” is covered with abrown sugar syrup. Some shops sell
sweets that you can take back toenjoy at your hotel.

You can ﬁnd vegetables, meat, ﬁsh,
tofu shops, bakeries and much morealong shopping streets. You can takesome food to your hotel. Yakitori, or
grilled chicken on sticks is loved byeveryone. You can eat it there or takeit back to eat later.

Our featured shop

Our featured shop

あんみつの深緑堂 ● ANMITSUNO SHINRYOKUDO
HP
Address
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鳥正 京島店 ● Torisho kyojima-ten

Oishii Sumida Tokyo▶CAFÉS
5-27-17 Mukojima, Sumida-ku, Tokyo
11:00am - 6:00pm (L.O. 5:00pm)
Mondays, Thursdays

Address
Open
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The main ingredients in Japanese sweets are grains such as rice,beans such as azuki red beans, and sugar. Beans are usually madeinto a jam and are vital to Japanese sweets. If you are unsure which
to buy, itʼs okay to just buy one at a time to try.

Tokoroten

Dango

Taiyaki are grilled
cakes in the shape ofa ﬁsh. There are
diﬀerent ﬁllings suchas custard andchocolate, but thestandard ﬁlling is redbean (azuki) jam.

●Wagashi Dokoro
Nagashima：Oishii
Sumida Tokyo ▶SHOPS●TAIYAKI Kouchan!：Oishii Sumida Tokyo ▶
SHOPSLet’s experience
Japanese culture
at workshops!

Tsukada Kobo
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We are an Edo Kimekomi Doll workshop and shopthat was founded in 1841. There is also a small
museum in our workshop, and you can try various
workshops as well. Please make a reservation forthe museum and the workshops.
HP
Address
Open
ClosedOishii Sumida Tokyo▶SHOPS
2-11-7 Mukojima, Sumida-ku, Tokyo
10:00am - 5:00pm
Sundays and Holidays

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Shopping Streets

With rows of small, individually owned stores, you can meet and talkwith the locals while experiencing the daily life here as you shop andwalk around. There are many handmade snacks and sweets which
you can only buy at these shops.

TaiyakiThere are manykinds of dango, or
rice dumplings, suchas grilled or topped
with red bean (azuki)
jam.

Tokoroten is madefrom seaweeds andeaten with soy sauce
and vinegar. Verylight and refreshing!

3-21-7, Kyojima, Sumida-ku, Tokyo
10:00am ‒ 8:00pm
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You can get street
food to eat rightaway. Donʼt forget tothrow your garbage
away in the proper
place.

Price tags are on theitems, so there is noneed to worry if you
donʼt know
Japanese. Body
language andgestures are OK!

Recommended
Sightseeing Spotin Sumida

There are many
shopping streets
such as “Kira-KiraTachibana” so please
explore and you may
ﬁnd some wonderful
items to buy!

Mukojima Hyakkaen
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This garden was planted during the Edo
Period. You can see Japanese plants such as
Japanese clover and zebra grass here. Thisgarden was designed to have diﬀerent ﬂowers
in bloom each season.
Address
Admission fee
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3-18-3, Higashimukojima, Sumida-ku, Tokyo¥150
9:00am-4:30pm
New Yearʼs Holidays

Yoshoku

Cake and Coffee

洋食

ケーキと珈琲

Western-style Food

A beloved recipe 100 years
in the making!

This cheesecake iseven popular in Taiwan!

Maurizio from Italy

Jayun from Taiwan

They make their own mayonnaise!
This is a restaurant everyone adores

Take a breakfrom a long day at a cafe!

Western cuisine entered Japanaround the end of the Edo period to
the Meiji period, but Japan altered it
to match with Japanese tastes, to go
well with rice. Restaurant Hatoya has
been loved by the locals and has
been in business serving customers
for over 100 years and four
generations.

Cafes here are full of personality! In
addition to delicious coﬀee and tea,
the interior design of many cafes will
amaze you. Old houses aretransformed and remodeled into cozycafes. Some also sell accessories,
books, and other items. You canʼt go
wrong with any cafe here!

Our featured restaurant

Our featured cafe

レストラン鳩家 ● Restaurant Hatoya
HP
Address
Open
Closed東向島珈琲店 ● Higashi Mukojima Coffee Shop

Oishii Sumida Tokyo▶CASUAL DINING
3-37-7 Higashi Mukojima, Sumida-ku, Tokyo
11:30am-2:00pm, 5:00pm-9:00pm
TuesdaysHP
Address
Open
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Letʼs go to a cafe!

Western food is now a big part of Japanʼs culture. It shows up in
home cooking and school meals, and is loved by kids.

Omu-rice

Napolitan

Let’s experience
Japanese culture
at workshops!

“Japanese style”
sauce is made withsoy sauce and isoften used on
Hamburg steaks.

●Kitchen KAMEYA
youshokukan：Oishii
Sumida Tokyo ▶
CASUAL DINING●Coﬀee-en：Oishii
Sumida Tokyo ▶
CASUAL DINING

There are cafes where you can have light meals. If you really enjoy
the coﬀee youʼre having, you can also buy the beans at the store.
Each cafe has handmade cakes that go well with their coﬀee.

Hamburg steak“Spaghetti Napolitan”
can usually be foundon lunch menus at
cafes. It is said to be
unique to Japan.

“Omu-rice” is chicken
and rice ﬂavored withketchup is wrappedin a ﬂuﬀy omelet. It isa standard dish inWestern cuisine here.

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●KATORIYA Flour andGeneral Goods：Oishii
Sumida Tokyo ▶CAFÉS●Steakhouse Mr.
Danger (Kinshicho
Branch)：Oishii Sumida
Tokyo ▶CASUALDINING

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Oishii Sumida Tokyo▶SHOPS
2-27-10 Yahiro, Sumida-ku, Tokyo
1:00pm - 5:00pm
Saturdays, Sundays and National Holidays

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These coﬀee beans
are also ordered bymany people
overseas. The owners
do their best to makecakes to match withthe coﬀee.
●Shigeno Coﬀee
Koubou：Oishii Sumida
Tokyo ▶CAFÉS●Café Sucré：Oishii
Sumida Tokyo ▶CAFÉS●This is a workshop that has been working on dying
and creating ﬁne cotton prints. They sell theirgoods directly and you can also try the dying
process yourself.

HP
Address
Open
ClosedThe coﬀee beans areroasted in-house,
and the bagels andcakes they serve arehand-made. But ofcourse, people
always come for thecoﬀee.

Muﬃns are madedaily and usually sellout.

Daimatsu Senkoujo●

Oishii Sumida Tokyo▶CAFÉS
1-34-7 Higashimukojima, Sumida-ku, Tokyo
8:30am-8:00pm (L.O. 7:30pm)
Wednesdays

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Sightseeing Spotin Sumida

The Sumida Hokusai Art Museum
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The Sumida Hokusai Art Museum is in hisbirthplace, Sumida Ward. This museum has
been bustling with visitors since it opened in
November 2016.
Address
Admission fee
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2-7-2, Kamezawa, Sumida-ku, Tokyo
Permanent exhibition ￥400
9:30am - 5:30pm
New Yearʼs Holidays, Mondays (if the
Monday is a National Holiday,
we are closed the following Tuesday)●With those with special diet restrictions

I want to take my friends
and family here!
Aufa from Indonesia

Even as a Muslim, I can eat heresafely and comfortably!
Even for those with food allergies anddiet restrictions for religious reasons,
there are various stores where youcan enjoy a great meal with noworries. The number of stores withmenus catered for Muslims andvegetarians/vegans has been
increasing recently. Each restaurantchooses their ingredients specially tomake sure everyone, even those with
diet restrictions, can look forward to
great and delicious meals.
Our featured restaurant

スミダリバーキッチン ● Sumida River KitchenThis restaurant has its Halalcertiﬁcation mark at theentrance. Their Thai vegetable
curry is very popular.

HP
Address
Open
ClosedOishii Sumida Tokyo▶CASUAL DINING
1-15-4 Azumabashi, Sumida-ku, Tokyo
11:30am - 2:30pm, 5:30pm - 9:00pm(L.O)
Sundays, Mondays

Food anyone can enjoy!

For those with or without special diet restrictions, everyone canenjoy eating here together. Sekai Cafe has a special prayer room,so even people who are Muslim can enjoy strolling around thetown.

Vegan cafes whose
dishes do not include
animals and animal
by-products, havetake-out options.

The concept thatpeople from countries
around the world cangather and enjoy time
together (prayer
space available).

●Natural food cafe
SPICA：Oishii Sumida
Tokyo ▶CAFÉS●SASAYA CAFE
：Oishii Sumida Tokyo ▶
CAFÉS●SEKAI CAFE Oshiage：Oishii
Sumida Tokyo ▶CAFÉS

Let’s experience
Japanese culture
at workshops!

You can also enjoyorganic, macrobiotic,
and vegan dishes
and sweets.

Small Museum of Books About Glass
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We have a wide selection of souvenirs as well. You canfreely read 850 books about glass here. You can also
take part in a glass engraving workshop (a reservationis required).
Oishii Sumida Tokyo▶SHOPS
HP
Address 1-19-8 Azumabashi, Sumida-ku, Tokyo
Open
Wednesday-Sunday 10:00am-7:00pm
Tuesdays, National Holidays 11:00am-6:00pm
Closed Mondays (if the Monday is a National Holiday,
we are closed the following Tuesday)

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All Shops and Restaurants
have English Menus
on this website!
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oishii-sumida.tokyo

We are waiting for travelers to come and visit our city, Sumida, Tokyo.

「在住外国人がおすすめ！ 下町グルメ & スポット」
発行：墨田区産業観光部産業振興課

Information contained in this booklet is current as September 2017.