Kuramae Bridge
Kuramae, Tokyo
Kuramae Bridge is a 1927 steel arch bridge over the Sumida River, built in the rebuilding after the Great Kanto Earthquake and painted yellow for the rice husks of the shogunate granaries that gave Kuramae its name.
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Insider tip
Walk down to the riverside terrace for the view of the bridge with Tokyo Skytree behind, then follow the water north to Asakusa, about twenty minutes.
What the guides say about Kuramae Bridge
Kuramae and the side streets. South of the second venue, Kuramae Bridge and the streets of Kuramae give partial views with more room to breathe. The Kuramae guide covers cafes for the afternoon wait.
What's on near Kuramae Bridge
Upcoming events within a ten-minute walk of Kuramae Bridge, from the weekly Tokyo events calendar.
September Grand Sumo Tournament (Aki Basho)
大相撲九月場所
Time Top-division bouts from about 15:45, yokozuna matches around 17:30 Station Ryogoku (JR Sobu Line, Toei Oedo Line), 2 min walk
The autumn honbasho brings 15 days of top-division sumo to the sport's home arena, with bouts building from mid-morning to the yokozuna matches around 5pm. Cheapest same-day arena seats sell at the box office each morning, and the final weekend decides the Emperor's Cup.
Gregg Tavares, CC BY 2.0 January Grand Sumo Tournament (Hatsu Basho)
大相撲一月場所
Time Top-division bouts from about 15:45, yokozuna matches around 17:30 Station Ryogoku (JR Sobu Line, Toei Oedo Line), 2 min walk
The first of the year's six grand sumo tournaments, 15 days of top-division bouts at the national sumo arena in Ryogoku. Top wrestlers fight from mid-afternoon; general ticket sales open in early December and weekends go fast.
Gregg Tavares, CC BY 2.0 May Grand Sumo Tournament (Natsu Basho)
大相撲五月場所
Time Top-division bouts from about 15:45, yokozuna matches around 17:30 Station Ryogoku (JR Sobu Line, Toei Oedo Line), 2 min walk
Fifteen days of top-division sumo at the national arena, one of three Tokyo tournaments each year. Upper-level seats cost a few thousand yen and a limited number of same-day tickets go on sale each morning, but weekend and final days sell out well in advance.
Gregg Tavares, CC BY 2.0 NHK Taiga Drama Special Exhibition: Toyotomi Brothers
江戸東京博物館リニューアル記念 NHK大河ドラマ特別展「豊臣兄弟！」
Station Ryogoku (JR Chuo-Sobu Line), 3 min walk
A special exhibition tied to the NHK historical drama series, focusing on Toyotomi Hidenaga, the younger brother of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. The show is held at the renovated Edo-Tokyo Museum and runs through the first week of November.
Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 2.0 Maruyama Okyo: Beyond Realism, Spatial Revolution
円山応挙 リアルの先へ 空間革命
Time 9:30 to 17:30 (Sat until 19:30) Station Ryogoku (Toei Oedo Line), 1 min walk
A retrospective of the Edo-period painter Maruyama Okyo, with more than 120 works from early perspective pictures to late screen paintings. It includes a re-creation of the room layout of Daijoji temple in Hyogo. This is the first special exhibition since the museum reopened. It opens on the last day of this window.
Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 2.0 Smaller local events nearby
Sumida River-Gazing Project ver. 2 Exhibition
7 to 8 Nov · Sumida River Terrace between Umayabashi and Kuramaebashi
An art project for looking at the Sumida River from its riverside terrace between Umaya and Kuramae bridges; moved back a day in bad weather.
Map · Source: Sumi-Yume Art Project · 北條式 隅田川を眺めるプロジェクト ver.2
Nearby
Around Kuramae
Makers, roasters and old granaries on the Sumida, a short walk from Asakusa
Kuramae takes its name from the shogunate's rice granaries that once lined this stretch of the Sumida, and it's spent the last fifteen years turning a quarter of small workshops and wholesalers into Tokyo's quietest creative district. Come for custom notebooks, bean-to-bar chocolate, one of the world's top roasters across the river, and two old shrines with sumo and festival history.
Kuramae has 7 places on the Roam Tokyo map: 2 cafes, 2 shrines and temples, 1 shop, 1 landmark and 1 bathhouse. Read the Kuramae guide.
Good to know
- How do I get to Kuramae Bridge?
- The nearest station is Kuramae (Toei Asakusa Line). Kuramae Bridge is in Kuramae, Tokyo.
- How much does Kuramae Bridge cost?
- Nothing. Kuramae Bridge is free to visit.
- How long do you need at Kuramae Bridge?
- Plan for 30 min.
- When is the best time to visit Kuramae Bridge?
- Late afternoon.
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Median US$184 a night across 60 listings within 0.6 km for a two-night stay a month out, sampled 29 September 2026. Cheapest quarter under US$141. See the weekly index for every neighbourhood.