is a subway station in

Chūō, Tokyo is a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. The ward refers to itself in English as Chūō City. It was formed in 1947 as a merger of Kyōbashi and Nihonbashi wards following Tokyo City's transformation into Tokyo Metropolis. C ...

, Japan operated by the Tokyo subway operator

Toei Subway The is one of two subway systems in Tokyo, Japan, the other being the Tokyo Metro. The Toei Subway lines were originally licensed to the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (the predecessor of Tokyo Metro) but were constructed by the Tokyo Metropolita ...

. It serves the lower part of the Tsukiji district, including the former location of the Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market (which moved to

Toyosu is neighborhood in Kōtō, Tokyo. Toyosu has six numbered Japanese addressing system, ''chome'' ("blocks"). It is the location of the wholesale Toyosu Market, which took the role of the Tsukiji fish market after it became solely a tourist attrac ...

in 2018), the Tokyo headquarters of the

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newspaper, and Japan's National Cancer Center.

Lines

Tsukijishijō Station is served by the

Toei Ōedo Line The is a rapid transit railway line of the municipal Toei Subway network in Tokyo, Japan. It commenced full operations on December 12, 2000; using the Japanese calendar this reads "12/12/12" as the year 2000 equals Heisei 12. The line is comple ...

, and is numbered E-18.

Station layout

The station is composed of an underground

island platform An island platform (also center platform (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway inte ...

serving two tracks.

Platforms

File:Toei-subway-E18-Tsukijishijo-station-platform-20191201-120943.jpg, Platforms, December 2019

History

The station opened on 12 December 2000.

Surrounding area

Tsukiji fish market is a major tourist attraction for both domestic and overseas visitors in Tokyo. Located in Tsukiji in central Tokyo between the Sumida River and the upmarket Ginza shopping district, the area contains retail markets, restaurants, and associ ...

* Japan National Cancer Center * Hamarikyu Gardens *

Tsukiji Hongan-ji , officially romanized ''Hongwan-ji'', is a Jodo Shinshu Buddhism, Buddhist temple located in the Tsukiji district of Tokyo, Japan. The temple is adjacent to Tsukiji Station on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line. History Tsukiji Hongan-ji's prede ...

Shiodome is an area in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, located adjacent to Shinbashi and Ginza, near Tokyo Bay and the Hamarikyu Gardens. Formerly a railway terminal, Shiodome has been transformed into one of Tokyo's most modern areas. It is a collection of 11 s ...

References

External links

Toei station information
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tsukijishijo Station Railway stations in Japan opened in 2000 Stations of Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation Toei Ōedo Line Tsukiji