Tsukiji Station

Tsukiji Station (築地駅, Tsukiji-eki) is a subway station on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line in Tsukiji, Chūō, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro.

H11 Tsukiji Station 築地駅
Exit1, August 2019
Location	3-15-1 Tsukiji, Chūō, Tokyo （東京都中央区築地3-15-1） Japan
Operated by	Tokyo Metro
Line(s)	H Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line
Connections	Y20 Shintomicho Station
Other information
Station code	H-11
History
Opened	1963
Services
Preceding station   Tokyo Metro   Following station Higashi-ginza H10 toward Naka-meguro Hibiya Line Hatchōbori H12 toward Kita-Senju

Lines

Tsukiji Station is served by the Hibiya Line, and is numbered H-11. It is located 10.7 km from the starting point of the line at Kita-Senju.[1]

Station layout

Tsukiji station has a simple side platform arrangement with two tracks. Platform 1 serves southbound trains to Ginza, whilst platform 2 serves northbound trains to Ueno and Kita-Senju.

Access to the station is provided by two sets of entrances and exits, with a total of four points of entry in total. Exits 1 and 2 are on opposite sides of Route 50 at the southern end of the station near the fish market. Exits 3 and 4 are also on opposite sides of the same road but at the northern end of the station.

Platforms

1	H Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line	for Ginza, Roppongi, and Naka-Meguro
2	H Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line	for Ueno, Kita-Senju TS Tobu Skytree Line for Tōbu-Dōbutsu-Kōen TN Tobu Nikko Line for Minami-Kurihashi

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  Ticketing machines
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  Platforms

History

Tsukiji Station opened on 28 February 1963.[1]

Surrounding area

Tsukiji Hongan-ji

• Shintomichō Station ( Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line) (approximately 2 minutes' walk)

The station is located in the Tsukiji neighbourhood of Chūō, Tokyo. Only a few blocks south of the station (about 150 m) lies Tsukiji fish market, the largest seafood market in the world.[2] On the eastern side of the station is the Tsukiji Hongan-ji, a pilgrimage site for Buddhists worldwide.

References

1. Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 215. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
2. Guide to sightseeing Tokyo Metro Retrieved 18 January 2009

External links

• Tokyo Metro station information (in Japanese)