- Tsukiji Market
http://www.tsukiji-market.or.jp/tukiji_e.htm
- Tsukiji Market: 2009 Calendar
http://www.tsukiji-market.or.jp/etc/calendar/2009.html
Red: Closed; Blue: Extraordinarily open. The sellers and buyers are at business handling fresh foodstuffs.
Please refrain from using cameras whose auto-flash can not be deactivated.
As to rules for visitors, see this page on japan-guide.com.
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3021.html
:what is the best way (besides Taxi) to get there from Toyoko Inn Shinjuku.
I presume it's about 5 to 10 min. on foot from your hotel to Exit A1 of subway Higashi-shinjuku Sta.
- Toyoko Inn Shinjuku Kabuki-cho on Google Map beta
http://maps.google.co.jp/maps?q=35.69735000,+139.704244...
You can take a train on Toei Oedo Line for Iidabashi & Ryogoku to get to Tsukijishijo Sta., which is the nearest station to Tsukiji Wholesale Market.
The required time is about 35 minutes and the fare is 260 yen, which can be paid with a Suica card and is not covered by a JR Pass.
Your train will arrive at Track 1 of Tsukijishijo Sta.; Exit A1 is the exit closest to Tsukiji Wholesale Market.
http://www.kotsu.metro.tokyo.jp/subway/stations/tsukiji...
: How early should we leave the hotel?
To take the earliest train (05:12, regardless of days), you'd better leave your hotel by 04:55 am; you will get to the station around 05:45 am and will reach the market around 6 am.
Maybe that's a bit late for you to enjoy watching tuna auctions, the area for which is not off-limits only during 05:00 to 06:15 am.
If you dare to walk long to watch tuna auctions, possibly you can reach the market about around 05:30 am via a JR section Shinjuku - Kanda - Shimbashi, but that must be a tough job: leaving your hotel by 04:00 am, walking long to East Ticket Gate of Shinjuku Sta., moving to the track near the west end to catch a train (04:32), changing trains (Track 5 to 1) within only a few minutes in Kanda Sta., getting to Shimbashi Sta. (04:59), and walking long to the market. I don't recommend your taking such a journey.
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