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
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Rikugien Gardens
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The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo
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Ameyoko(Shopping Street)
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BOOK AND BED TOKYO
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Shibuya
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Water Bus (Kasai- Odaiba Line)
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Edo Kiriko glass making experience (at Sumida Edo Kiriko Kan)
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Sushi making experience (Hassan)
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Akihabara
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Tofuya Ukai
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Shibamata
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Nezu Museum
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Azabu-Juban
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Toei Streetcar (Toden) Arakawa Line
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Kanda Myojin Shrine
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Water Bus (Tokyo Cruise)
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Sumida Hokusai Museum
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SKY BUS TOKYO（Odaiba Night Course）
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Tsukiji Outer Market
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Izakaya experience
(Kabukicho) -
Kagurazaka
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Meiji Jingu Shrine
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Origami experience
(Ochanomizu Origami Kaikan) -
Tokyo City View
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Hama-rikyu Gardens
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YanakaGinza(Shopping Street)/Nezu-jinja Shrine
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Nihonbashi (cultural experience)
