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The Tsukiji-to-Ginza walk

築地から銀座へ歩く つきじからぎんざへあるく

Market breakfast, the Indian-style temple, the shogun's garden, and Ginza opening at eleven — the classic Tokyo morning in two kilometres.

Worth itWalkable · Early morning · Food · Nature · History

The best-designed morning in Tokyo needs no transport. Breakfast in the outer market at seven; Tsukiji Hongwanji next door at eight, when the organ may be practising; south along the old market's edge to Hama-rikyu Gardens as they open at nine, for matcha on the island; then north through Shiodome's towers to Ginza, arriving as the shops raise their shutters at eleven. Two kilometres, four hours, and every one of the city's layers — Edo, Meiji, postwar, now — in order. This is the route the site's one-day itineraries build on.

Don't miss

Map of central Tokyo Tokyo Ueno Akihabara Shinjuku Shibuya Shinagawa Ikebukuro Shimbashi Kabukiza Theatre Chuo-dori and the Sunday promenade Ginza Six Ginza Itoya Hama-rikyu Gardens The Ginza gallery walk Tsukiji Hongwanji The Ginza bar streets Tokyo Station Marunouchi Building Imperial Palace East Gardens Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum Marunouchi Naka-dori KITTE and the rooftop garden Idemitsu Museum of Arts Nihonbashi Bridge Mitsukoshi Nihombashi Main Store The old shops of Nihonbashi Artizon Museum Fukutoku Shrine and the Coredo lanes Nihonbashi river cruise Sensoji Temple Kappabashi kitchen street Sumida river water bus The craft and coffee streets west of the temple A kimono day in Asakusa Tokyo Skytree Asakusa Shrine and Sanja Matsuri Tokyo National Museum National Museum of Western Art Ueno Park and Shinobazu Pond Yanaka Ginza and the Yanesen lanes Nezu Shrine Ameyoko market street Asakura Museum of Sculpture Akihabara Electric Town Jimbocho book town Kanda Myojin Shrine Holy Resurrection Cathedral (Nikolai-do) Kanda's old noodle houses Yushima Seido and the Confucian hall Mori Art Museum and Tokyo City View The National Art Center, Tokyo Tokyo Midtown and the Suntory Museum of Art Azabu-Juban shopping street Tokyo Tower and Zojoji Temple Roppongi after dark Nezu Museum The Omotesando architecture walk Aoyama Cemetery Meiji Jingu Gaien ginkgo avenue The Aoyama and Minami-Aoyama back streets Meiji Jingu Yoyogi Park Takeshita Street and Cat Street Ota Memorial Museum of Art Togo Shrine Shibuya scramble crossing and Hachiko Shibuya Sky Nonbei Yokocho and the Shibuya alleys Udagawacho record shops and Shibuya vintage Tomigaya and Kamiyamacho Live music in Shibuya Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building observatories Golden Gai Omoide Yokocho The Isetan food hall Hanazono Shrine Tsukiji Outer Market Toyosu Market and the tuna auction teamLab Planets The Tsukiji-to-Ginza walk The Meguro River cherry trees Daikanyama T-Site Daikanyama's low-rise streets Ebisu Garden Place and the Ebisu restaurant streets Nakameguro's back streets Kagurazaka's stone lanes Akagi Shrine Dining in Kagurazaka Zenkokuji Bishamonten Ryogoku Kokugikan and sumo Edo-Tokyo Museum Kiyosumi Garden Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (MOT) The Kiyosumi-Shirakawa roasters The Tsukiji-to-Ginza walk
A hand-drawn sketch for orientation — each place links to an exact map.
Tip
Wear shoes for standing and walking; the market floor is wet and the garden paths are gravel.
Best time
Any weekday, 7–11 am.
Allow
240 min
Station
Start at Tsukiji (Hibiya line), end at Ginza
Official site — hours, prices, closures
www.tsukiji.or.jp · Map

In this area: Tsukiji & Toyosu

Market Essential

Tsukiji Outer Market築地場外市場

Four hundred shops that fed the fish market and stayed when it left — the best breakfast in Tokyo, eaten standing at seven.

120 min · Tsukiji (Hibiya line), exit 1, 1 minute; Tsukijishijo (Oedo line), A1
Market Worth it

Toyosu Market and the tuna auction豊洲市場とマグロの競り

The world's largest fish market behind glass — tuna auctioned at dawn, sushi counters upstairs, and a rooftop lawn on the bay.

150 min · Shijo-mae (Yurikamome), direct by walkway
Gallery Essential

teamLab Planetsチームラボプラネッツ

Barefoot through knee-deep water and infinite mirrors — the digital art museum that redefined the museum visit.

100 min · Shin-Toyosu (Yurikamome), 1 minute

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