Tsukijishijo Station
E18 · Oedo Line · Chuo
Tsukijishijo Station (築地市場)
E18 opened on 12 December 2000, the day the Oedo Line was completed, and took the name of the Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market next to it. The working name during construction had been Tsukiji, which would have duplicated the Hibiya Line station a few hundred metres away. It is a plain island platform, with platform doors in use since 24 September 2011.
The market it is named after has gone. Wholesale trading finished on 6 October 2018 and moved to Toyosu, and the buildings were demolished; the outer market of shops and stalls stayed where it was. Asked in September 2018 whether the station would be renamed, Toei answered that the question was not even on the table, pointing out that the name is well established and that nothing has been settled about what will be built on the cleared site. The platform sits at the Ginza end of the station, which makes Tsukijishijo the Oedo Line’s own way into Ginza, and arriving trains announce the head office of the Asahi Shimbun above. Use fell with the market and has recovered: 32,729 people a day in 2017, 23,281 in 2024.
Finding Tsukijishijo on the signs
Every line gives the station its own letter-and-number code. You never have to read the Japanese name to find the right platform.
Station numbers at Tsukijishijo
Tokyo signposts every platform, exit and train door with a letter and a two-digit number. Matching the number is faster than reading the name — and it is what you will see on the map, in announcements and on the platform edge.
First and last trains at Tsukijishijo
Departure times come from the operators’ own GTFS timetables (ODPT GTFS Toei-Train-GTFS (version 20261009, valid 2026-03-14..2027-03-12) + TokyoMetro-Train-GTFS (version 20261008, valid 2026-09-19..2027-03-12)). Japan publishes two subway timetables: 平日 weekdays and 土休日 Saturdays, Sundays and national holidays. There is no separate Sunday timetable, and the December 30 – January 3 period runs the holiday timetable.
How often do trains run?
| Line | Weekdays, busiest hour | Sat / Sun / holidays, busiest hour |
|---|---|---|
| EOedo | 17 trains/hour (about one every 3.5 min) | 12 trains/hour |
Departures in one direction during the hour with the most trains at this station, counted in the operators’ timetable.
Transfers and connections
Only the Oedo Line stops here, and no other railway serves this station, so there is nothing to transfer to inside the station.
Accessibility
| Line | Step-free by elevator | Accessible toilet | Escalator | Exits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EOedo | Yes | Yes | Yes | 3 |
- Oedo Line: Toei: step-free “1-route” secured; 2 elevator(s) on this line. Elevator exit(s): A3. Operator page (checked Oct 20, 2026).
Taken from the operators’ own accessibility pages and nothing else. Toei: every station has elevators and a street-gate-platform “1-route” is secured.
What is near Tsukijishijo Station?
The station stands between the market streets and Shiodome. The National Cancer Center is about 100 m from the exits and its hospital about 130 m; the Tsukiji Nippon Fish Port Market is about 250 m away and the Tsukiji Outer Market about 300 m. The Shimbashi Embujo theatre is about 210 m off, the Tsukiji Local Museum and its park about 200 m and the Advertising Museum Tokyo about 390 m. Hamarikyu Gardens and the water-bus landing beside it are within walking distance, and the Asahi Shimbun building is directly above.
| Place | Distance (straight line) | On foot, estimated |
|---|---|---|
| Shimbashi Embujo Theatre 新橋演舞場 | 210 m | about 3 min |
| Advertising Museum Tokyo アド・ミュージアム東京 | 390 m | about 6 min |
| Tsukiji Local Museum Park 中央区立築地社会教育会館公園 | 190 m | about 3 min |
| Tsukiji Local Museum 中央区立築地社会教育会館・郷土資料館 | 200 m | about 3 min |
| Ichibabashi Park 市場橋公園 | 200 m | about 3 min |
| Tsukiji Nippon Fish Port Market 築地にっぽん漁港市場 | 250 m | about 4 min |
| Tsuijigawa Park (Uneme bridge) 築地川采女橋公園 | 280 m | about 5 min |
| Caretta Shiodome Observation Deck 46th floor 46階展望スペース | 390 m | about 6 min |
Places from OpenStreetMap within 400 m of the station. The walking time is an estimate (straight line plus 30 %, 80 m a minute), not a measured route. © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Frequently asked questions
Toei was asked exactly that in September 2018, a month before the wholesale market closed, and said renaming was not even under consideration. Two reasons were given: the name has stuck, and no decision has been made about what will occupy the cleared site. The outer market, which most visitors are looking for, is still there.
Tsukiji. That was the provisional name while the Oedo Line was being built, but the Hibiya Line already had a Tsukiji a few hundred metres away, so the market’s name was used instead. The two stations are run by different companies and are not a recognized transfer.