Neighbourhood in Chuo
Tsukiji
築地
Home of Tokyo's famous fish market until 2018. The wholesale market moved to Toyosu, but the Outer Market's food stalls and shops are still here.
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- walk past the highlights
- 1.7 km
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The Tsukiji fish market opened in 1935 and closed in 2018, when the wholesale market moved to Toyosu. The Outer Market stayed: a few blocks of narrow lanes with restaurants, knife and kitchen shops, and stalls selling sushi, grilled seafood and tamagoyaki (sweet omelette).
Come hungry in the morning, then walk off breakfast at Tsukiji Hongwanji or the Hama-rikyu Gardens. Ginza is ten minutes away. See our Chuo guide for the rest of the ward.
Don't miss in Tsukiji
Start with these, then wander the side streets.
1. Tsukiji Hongwanji Temple
築地本願寺Striking stone temple in an Indian-inspired style, two minutes from the market. Free to enter.
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2. Namiyoke Inari Shrine
波除稲荷神社The market workers' shrine, with giant lion heads used in its June festival.
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3. Hama-rikyu Gardens
浜離宮恩賜庭園Former shogun's garden by the bay with a teahouse on the pond. A calm stop after the market.
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Walk Tsukiji in order
The highlights as one easy walk, about 1.7 km in all.
Stop 1
Tsukiji Hongwanji Temple
Start here
Stop 2
Namiyoke Inari Shrine
6 min walk
Stop 3
Hama-rikyu Gardens
16 min walk
More around Tsukiji
Other places within walking distance. Each shows its Japanese name for maps and taxis.
Kabuki-za Theatre
歌舞伎座Tokyo's main kabuki theatre. Single-act seats (hitomakumi) let you watch one act without booking a full programme.
Tsukiji on the map
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Questions
Is Tsukiji market closed?
The wholesale (inner) market moved to Toyosu in 2018. The Outer Market, with its restaurants and food stalls, is still open.
How do I get to Tsukiji?
Tsukiji Station on the Hibiya subway line and Tsukiji-shijo Station on the Oedo line are both a couple of minutes' walk away.
Sources
We checked the facts on this page against these sources.
More areas in Tokyo
- GinzaTokyo's classic upmarket shopping district, with department stores, flagship boutiques, the Kabuki-za theatre and a main street that closes to cars at weekends.
- NihonbashiTokyo's old merchant quarter around the bridge where the Edo-period highways began, with Japan's first department store and long-running shops.
- MarunouchiThe business district between Tokyo Station and the Imperial Palace, with the red-brick station, palace gardens and a tree-lined street of shops.
- RoppongiCentral Tokyo district known for nightlife, embassies and the art museums of Roppongi Hills, Tokyo Midtown and the National Art Center.
- AkihabaraTokyo's Electric Town: the centre of anime, manga and game shopping, with electronics stores, arcades, maid cafes and the old Kanda Myojin shrine nearby.
- RyogokuThe home of professional sumo, with the national sumo arena, training stables and chanko nabe restaurants on the east bank of the Sumida River.
- OdaibaArtificial island in Tokyo Bay, built as sea forts in the 1850s and now a waterfront of parks, malls, museums and views of Rainbow Bridge.
- KagurazakaA sloping street from Iidabashi with stone-paved back lanes from its geisha days, old shrines and Tokyo's biggest cluster of French bakeries and bistros.
