Ryōgoku Bridge
The Ryōgoku Bridge is a bridge in Tokyo built in 1659 spanning the Sumida River just upstream of its confluence with the Kanda River. Its name, meaning "two provinces", came from its joining Edo and Shimōsa Province.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Hiroshige, Public domain.
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- Type: Bridge
- Description: Japanese bridge in Tokyo built in 1659
- Also known as: “Ryogoku Bashi”, “Ryōgoku Bashi”, “Ryogoku Bridge”, and “Ryōgoku-bashi”
Photo: T.Kiya, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ryōgoku Kokugikan and Ryōgoku Station.
Ryōgoku Kokugikan
Sports venue
Photo: stevecadman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ryōgoku Kokugikan, also known as Ryōgoku Sumo Hall or Kokugikan Arena, refers to two different indoor sporting arenas located in Tokyo. The first Ryōgoku Kokugikan opened its doors in 1909 and was located on the premises of the Ekōin temple in Ryōgoku, Tokyo. Ryōgoku Kokugikan is situated 510 metres northeast of Ryōgoku Bridge.
Ryōgoku Station
Railway station
Photo: MaedaAkihiko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ryōgoku Station is a railway station in Yokoami, Sumida, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company and Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation. Ryōgoku Station is situated 410 metres northeast of Ryōgoku Bridge.
Yanagi Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Jim Shine, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Yanagi Bridge is situated 160 metres northwest of Ryōgoku Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ryōgoku and Kanda-Sakumachō.
Ryōgoku
Neighborhood
Photo: Stevec240, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ryōgoku is a district in Sumida, Tokyo. It is surrounded by various districts in Sumida, Chūō, and Taitō wards: Yokoami, Midori, Chitose, Higashi Nihonbashi, and Yanagibashi.
Kanda-Sakumachō
Quarter
Sakumachō, officially Kanda-Sakumachō, is a district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, consisting of 1- to 4-chōme. As of April 1, 2007, its population is 963.
Nihonbashi-Ningyocho 1-chome
Neighborhood
Photo: Lombroso, Public domain.
Nihonbashi-Ningyocho 1-chome is a neighborhood.
Ryōgoku Bridge
- Category: transportation
- Location: Chuo, Tokyo, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
35.69431° or 35° 41′ 40″ northLongitude
139.78886° or 139° 47′ 20″ eastOpen location code
8Q7XMQVQ+PGOpenStreetMap ID
way 553536165OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridgeGeoNames ID
10921026Wikidata ID
Q3080489
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“Ryōgoku Bridge” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “兩國橋”
- Dutch: “Ryōgoku Bridge”
- Finnish: “Ryōgokun silta”
- French: “pont de Ryōgoku”
- French: “Pont de Ryōgoku”
- Japanese: “Ryōgokubashi”
- Japanese: “両国橋”
- Japanese: “両國”
- Spanish: “Puente Ryogoku”
- Spanish: “puente Ryōgoku”
- Spanish: “Puente Ryōgoku”
- Spanish: “Ryōgoku-bashi”
- Spanish: “両国橋”
- Turkish: “Ryōgoku Köprüsü”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ryogoku 1-chome and Higashi-Nihonbashi 2-chome.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Ryōgoku Bridge”. Photo: Hiroshige, Public domain.