Kappabashi Kitchenware Town
Kappabashi Kitchenware Town is a shopping street with over 100 years of history located in downtown Tokyo between Asakusa and Ueno. The street stretches 800m from north to south and has over 170 specialist shops selling Japanese, Western, and Chinese cookware and lacquerware, Japanese and Western sweets and bread makers, kitchen equipment and tools, food ingredients and packaging, and more.
Professional use products for purchase by general consumers. Japanese knives and food samples are popular with foreign customers.
Street address
- 3-18-2 Matsugaya, Taito-ku, Tokyo
Access
Route1
- About 5 minutes by foot from Tawaramachi Station on the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line
Route2
- About 13 minutes by foot from Asakusa Station on the Toei Asakusa Line
Opening Hours
- 9:00-17:00
(hours may vary depending on the establishment)
Closed
- Sundays and holidays
(about 80% of all shops are closed)
Fee
Best season
- All year
Point
Spots around
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Meiji Jingu Shrine
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Kanda Myojin Shrine
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Nihonbashi (cultural experience)
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Nezu Museum
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Tokyo City View
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Izakaya experience
(Kabukicho) -
YanakaGinza(Shopping Street)/Nezu-jinja Shrine
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Rikugien Gardens
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Sumida Hokusai Museum
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SKY BUS TOKYO（Odaiba Night Course）
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The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo
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Toei Streetcar (Toden) Arakawa Line
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Shibuya
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BOOK AND BED TOKYO
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Hama-rikyu Gardens
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Sushi making experience (Hassan)
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Tsukiji Outer Market
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Water Bus (Tokyo Cruise)
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Kagurazaka
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Shibamata
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Water Bus (Kasai- Odaiba Line)
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Tofuya Ukai
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Akihabara
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Edo Kiriko glass making experience (at Sumida Edo Kiriko Kan)
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Ameyoko(Shopping Street)
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Origami experience
(Ochanomizu Origami Kaikan) -
Azabu-Juban
