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Tsukiji-guchi Station

metro station in Nagoya, Aichi prefecture, Japan

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ7850067 ↗
Source-derived summary

Tsukiji-guchi Station (築地口駅, Tsukiji-guchi-eki) is an underground metro station located in Minato-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan operated by the Nagoya Municipal Subway's Meikō Line. It is located 5.4 kilometers from the terminus of the Meikō Line at Kanayama Station.

History

Tsukiji-guchi Station was opened on 29 March 1971.

Lines

Nagoya Municipal Subway

Meikō Line (Station E06)

Layout

Tsukiji-guchi Station has two underground opposed side platforms.

Platforms

There is one set of gates, beyond which there are four exits. Each platform has an up escalator and an elevator. There are coin lockers near Exit 2. There are bathrooms near Exit 1 and Exit 4, and near Exit 2 and Exit 3. The bathroom near Exit 2 and 3, and the gates, is also handicapped-accessible and has a baby changing area. On Platform 1 for Nagoyakō Station, train door 3 is closest to elevator, door 4 is closest to the escalator, and doors 5 and 12 are closest to the stairs.

Editorial summary

“Tsukiji-guchi Station” enters the record as metro station in Nagoya, Aichi prefecture, Japan. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Tsukiji-guchi, Station and metro can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1971—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1971. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Tsukiji-guchi, Station and metro.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Tsukiji-guchi Station” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Tsukiji-guchi, Station and metro provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7850067. Authority coordinates are 35.099, 136.883. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1971.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Tsukiji-guchi Station”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Tsukiji-guchi Station primary sources, Tsukiji-guchi Station archive and Tsukiji-guchi research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Tsukiji-guchi Station”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Tsukiji-guchi Station” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.