Sumida Glass Market returns near Ryogoku October 3 and 4
Edo glass and other products will be sold at the Nagasaki Bridge Site Event Plaza in Kinshi, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days.
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The Gate Hotel Ryogoku starts an autumn food and wine plan
Available September 16–November 16: five dishes and 120-minute free-flow drinks for 7,300 yen, or 7,800 yen with draft beer.
Ryogoku hosts a launch event for The Globe-Trotter Travel Guide: Sumida City on September 2
The Edo-Tokyo Museum program includes a koto performance, a guidebook introduction and a talk on local Edo culture.
Sumida Art Festival opens September 4 at venues including Ryogoku
Sumida City's first comprehensive arts festival brings exhibitions, performances and participatory projects into the neighborhood for nearly four months.
Haiyuza stages The Life of Galileo at Theater X in Ryogoku from September 7
The run continues through September 16, with added 1:00 p.m. performances on September 11 and 14.
The September Grand Sumo Tournament runs at Ryogoku Kokugikan from September 13 to 27
The 15-day tournament opens in Ryogoku, with remaining seats listed through official ticket outlets.
Waka Yoshida's Fresh Fossils opens at GALLERY MoMo Ryogoku on September 12
The artist's exhibition, shaped by natural-history motifs, runs at the Kamezawa gallery through October 17.
MID POINT Ryogoku begins move-ins near Ryogoku Station on August 20
The shared office has private rooms for one to five people and coworking seats, with tour bookings and availability checks handled online.
Edo-Tokyo Museum holds lecture on paintings by ukiyo-e artists on September 15
A senior curator from the Idemitsu Museum of Arts will explain how painted works differ from prints and what painting meant to ukiyo-e artists.
Edo-Tokyo Museum offers beginner ukiyo-e lecture on September 10
The 90-minute lecture explains ukiyo-e materials and techniques, using comparisons with Western painting, with applications due August 22.
Edo-Tokyo Museum extends application deadline for September 3 ukiyo-e lecture
The lecture uses works from the Idemitsu Museum of Arts and Edo-Tokyo Museum to introduce ukiyo-e, with applications accepted online or by return postcard.
Tomoko Konoike's summer-school exhibition opens in Ryogoku on August 2
Maps, documents and new work trace Medicine Infrastructure, a project that lends artworks to homes and facilities.
MAX WASH Ryogoku opened as a 24-hour laundromat on July 3
The new shop is on the first floor of Hotel Livemax Ryogoku, with washer-dryers and smart lockers.
Edo-Tokyo Museum renewal special exhibition on Meiji Western-style buildings opens June 23
The exhibition at the museum's 1st-floor special exhibition room focuses on Western-style architecture in the Meiji period.