Tsukiji Fish Market & Ginza - Tokyo - page 52

Shopping
Dover Street Market ( Click here )
Mitsukoshi ( Click here )
Getting There
Train The JR Yamanote Line stops at Shimbashi Station.
Subway Ginza, Hibiya and Marunouchi Lines stop at Ginza Station; Hibiya Line
continues to Higashi-Ginza and Tsukiji, take the Ginza Line to Shimbashi and Ōedo
Line to Shiodome and Tsukijishijō.
Ferry Tokyo Cruise water buses travel to Hama-rikyū Onshi-teien.
The Sights in a Day
Get an early start - 5am if you want to catch the tuna auction - at
Tsukiji Fish Market ( Click here ). Budget two hours to explore the
wholesale market (open 9 to 11am), with its diverse array of photogenic sea
creatures, and the outer market, followed by an indulgent sushi meal at Daiwa
Sushi ( Click here ). Afterwards, walk down to the landscape garden Hama-rikyū
Onshi-teien ( Click here ) and have tea at Nakajima no Ochaya ( Click here ).
Spend the afternoon gallery-hopping and window-shopping in Ginza.
Stroll along Chūō-dōri ( Click here ) , home to both grand department
stores such as Mitsukoshi ( Click here ) , and high-street chains, including Uniqlo
( Click here ) . Then weave through the side streets to find galleries such as Tokyo
Gallery ( Click here ) . In the late afternoon, see a kabuki performance at Tokyo's
most famous theatre, Kabuki-za ( Click here ).
If you're at Kabuki-za, your dinner will be the elaborate bentō (boxed
meal), traditionally eaten during intermission. Otherwise try Bird Land
( Click here ) for some upmarket yakitori (skewered grilled chicken). Wind down