Beside Tsukiji Hongwanji, with its ancient-Indian design, the fish stalls of the outer market open at 5am
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The main hall of Tsukiji Hongwanji was designed in the style of ancient Indian architecture; once inside, worshippers sit on chairs. The Tsukiji Uogashi near Tsukiji Station opens at 5am, with about 60 shops, some of which will fillet the fish for you.
Uogashi is a fresh food retail market set up by Chuo City within the Tsukiji outer market, and like the outer market it's in Tsukiji 4-chome, outside the neighborhood. After the wholesale market moved to Toyosu in 2018, this shopping street, which anyone can still buy from, stayed on.
Heading toward the Sumida River is Akashicho, where St. Luke's International Hospital is located. From Shintomi, Irifune, and Tsukiji through to Akashicho, quite a few buildings have "Ginza" in their names, so this area is also called Oku-Ginza.
Healthcare ranks 19th out of 395 neighborhoods in Tokyo, with St. Luke's International Hospital located in this neighborhood. Public transit ranks 19th; the Yurakucho Line's Shintomicho Station and the Hibiya Line's Tsukiji Station are close to each other, so real estate agents treat them as the same area.
Daily shopping ranks 88th, the weakest of the three livability measures for this neighborhood. The nearby outer market area draws a lot of tourists.
From our street photos, cleanliness ranks 328th, placing it in the latter part of the 395 neighborhoods. In 2020, this neighborhood had a population density of about 217 people per hectare.
"Tsukiji" originally meant reclaimed land. Tsukiji Hongwanji was originally in Asakusa; after it was burned down in the Meireki fire, its followers reclaimed land in the sea off Hatchobori and rebuilt the temple here in 1679.
In 1858, Fukuzawa Yukichi opened a school of Dutch studies in Akashicho, which became the predecessor of Keio University. In 1869, the Tsukiji foreign settlement was established in this area, lasting until 1899.
The current main hall was completed in 1934, designed by Ito Chuta. The following year, the Uogashi fish market from Nihombashi moved to naval land in Tsukiji, and the outer market grew up alongside it.
The former Tsukiji market site spans Tsukiji 5-chome and 6-chome, with 6-chome falling within this neighborhood. In 2024, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government selected a group led by Mitsui Fudosan, and the operator announced its basic plan in August 2025.
At the core of the plan is a multipurpose stadium for about 50,000 people, with the opening target listed as the first half of the 2030s or later. Official archaeological excavation of the site began in July 2025, and was still underway as of the end of May 2026.
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Hospitals with inpatient beds (2020 data), public elementary and junior high schools whose catchment covers this area, high schools and universities within 1 km, stations, parks of 1 ha or more, and large shopping malls and department stores. Many Tokyo junior high students attend private schools, so junior high catchments are only a guide.
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