In 2018, Tokyo’s former Tsukiji Fish Market closed and its wholesale operations moved to the Toyosu district. However, it’s not because Tsukiji is a bad place. On the contrary, the location is too good, as it is in a component of the city center. That evolved and connected with transportation, which meant there wasn’t an area to build a new facility in which the fish market could be installed directly, so the Toyosu site was built while Tsukiji One was still in operation.
This means that since the wholesale market left Tsukiji, there has been a huge unused piece of land on the edge of the neighborhood, next to the Sumida River. Regardless, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government has announced what it will do with it: It will serve as the site for a new stadium with the logo, as well as adjacent hotel, retail, and labor developments.
▼ Conceptual renderings of the new site of the old Tsukiji wholesale market
Eleven other companies are currently involved in the project, including Mitsui Real Estate and Yomiuri Newspaper Group. The approximately 19-hectare site is adjacent to the Hama-rikyu Gardens.
▼ Currently, a parking lot is virtually all Google Maps presentations for the site.
Promoters describe the stadium as a “multi-stadium,” suitable for a variety of sports, music and other entertainment and exhibition occasions, with a capacity of around 50,000 visitors, roughly on par with the Tokyo Dome, which opened 36 years ago. a few years ago, and much larger than the roughly 14,500-seat Budokan (though it’s still smaller than Japan’s National Stadium built for the Tokyo Olympics in 2021). Yomiuri’s involvement suggests that the Giants, the publisher-owned professional baseball team that plays its home games at the Tokyo Dome lately, would be associated, however, the team hasn’t made anything public about it at this time.
Despite the closure of the Tsukiji wholesale market, doleading remains a major recreational and tourist destination. Tsukiji’s “open-air market,” the dense collection of restaurants and large seafood stores on the streets in front of the wholesale facility, is back in business. And those have been the biggest draw for visitors who don’t attend restaurants in the top position. Especially since Toyosu Market has gained a reputation as a place for wealthy foreign tourists, Tsukiji has become a colorful area of the city, taking advantage of that power. With a stadium and a hotel, it’s rarely a bad bet.
The first sections of the project are expected to open in 2029, with most being operational until 2032.
Source: Yomiuri Shimbun, NHK News Web
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I like the way the design chooses the green of Hamarikyu and the way the stadium overflows into the river. The Tokyo Dome looks great from the outside, but in my opinion, it needs an upgrade on the inside.
I guess that’s what Tokyo 2020 infrastructure is for.
This is very smart news! Economic opportunities in the region will actually gain advantages in the Ginza region!I can’t wait for it to come true.
It is never considered a giant and a park.
Since I live right down the street, it’s very different from the original concepts from about ten years ago, when the final green light was presented to replace the market.
If that means we can seat 50,000 or more people for concerts by big artists even when other venues are busy with sporting events, then great. This will allow big bands to be brought to Tokyo, at least without juggling sporting events at the Tokyo Dome (which is acoustically lousy for concerts)
@Vitesse
A giant and a park are never considered
Hamarikyu Park is right next door and if you watch the video, the concept shows that a significant component of the terrain is green spaces. Yes, it would be fantastic if the green could continue north along the Sumida River.
A bit like a taxi driver predicted to me a few years ago. So, his opinion was that the Yomiuri Giants didn’t have their own stadium. So it’s no surprise that Yomiuri a Shimbun is one of the developers.
Fire @Cracheur
I guess that’s what Tokyo 2020 infrastructure is for.
Japan’s grand new national stadium is for football, athletics and rugby. Not suitable for baseball.
Chances for some marketers to seamlessly become millionaires.
A loss. The wholesale market, along with the retail market, is a dynamic, important and exclusive entity. I wish this complex was too far away instead of crouching here.
It’s funny, I’ve never bothered to stop by there before, but I’ll do it after they build all this.
The Giants will be moving into this new arena!
I know what Toyota plans to build there.
Awesome, that’s precisely what Tokyo needs. . . Buy groceries at the mall.
I guess that’s what Tokyo 2020 infrastructure is for.
Shut up, kid.
Taxpayers’ cash ends up in a position that many can’t and why?
I would prefer that the entire position be converted into public housing that other people could rent at moderate prices. This would be much greater for the local economy in the long run.