Tsukiji
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Image:Tsukiji as seen from Shiodome.jpg Image:Tsukiji Hongwanji.JPG Tsukiji (築地) is a district of Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. Literally meaning "reclaimed land," it lies near the Sumida River on land reclaimed from Tokyo Bay in the 1700s, during the Edo period.
There are also districts called Tsukiji in Kobe and Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, although neither are as well known as that of Tokyo.
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Places of interest
- For many tourists in Tokyo, the Central Wholesale Market, better known as the Tsukiji fish market and said to be one of the best sushi destinations in the world, is synonymous with Tsukiji. It is also the largest fish market in the world handling more than 2000 tons of 450 types of seafood daily. <ref>Template:Cite journal </ref>
- Tsukiji Honganji, a key temple of the Jodo Shinshu sect of Buddhism.
- St. Luke's Garden Tower, one of Tokyo's tallest buildings, and the adjoining St. Luke's Hospital and Nursing School
- National Cancer Center
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Companies based in Tsukiji
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Subway stations
- Tsukiji-shijo Station on Toei Oedo Line
- Tsukiji Station on Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line
- Walking distance from Shinbashi and Ginza
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