Tsukiji Station

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Tsukiji Station
築地駅
Tokyo Metro subway station
TokyoMetro-H10-Tsukiji-station-platform.jpg
Station statistics
Address

3-15-1 Tsukiji, Chūō-ku, Tokyo


東京都中央区築地3-15-1
Lines
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened 28 February 1963
Code H10
Owned by Tokyo Metro
Traffic
Passengers (2007) 26.024 million[citation needed]
Services
Preceding station   Tokyo Metro   Following station
toward Kikuna
Hibiya Line

Tsukiji Station (築地駅 Tsukiji-eki?) is a subway station in Tsukiji, Chūō, Tokyo, Japan. It is operated by Tokyo Metro on the Hibiya Line, and has the station code H-10.

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[edit] Location

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.[1] On the eastern side of the station is the Tsukiji Hongan-ji, a pilgrimage site for Buddhists world-wide.

[edit] Station layout

Tsukiji station has a simple side platform arrangement with two tracks. Track 1 serves southbound trains to Ginza whilst track 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.


1 Hibiya Line Ginza, Naka-Meguro and Kikuna
2 Hibiya Line Ueno, Kita-Senju and Tobu Dobutsu-koen

[edit] References

  1. ^ Guide to sightseeing Tokyo Metro Retrieved 18 January 2009

[edit] External links

Coordinates: 35°40′05″N 139°46′21″E / 35.6681°N 139.7725°E / 35.6681; 139.7725

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