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 160 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.
Kappabashi is also known for Professional-use products that are purchased by general consumers. The Japanese knives are particularly famous for their quality which makes them popular with foreign customers. Another kind of item that might be difficult to find outside Japan is the typical food samples, reproducing famous traditional Japanese food like Ramen, used by restaurant owners to display their dishes outside their shops. Kappabashi is the perfect place to find all these unique items and many more, from handcrafted ceramics to Japanese kitchen tools.
Kappabashi Kitchenware Town is a shopping street with over 100 years of history located in downtown Tokyo between Asakusa and Ueno.
Things to Do in Kappabashi Kitchenware Town
Kappabashi is a street full of shops selling interesting and unique items. Shopping in Kappabashi means experiencing Japan on a deeper level than just mere shopping. All the stores reflect some aspect of the Japanese culture, especially food culture, and history and can help travelers and tourists to get a taste of the Japanese culinary soul through cooking utensils, ceramics, lanterns, signs for restaurants and many more!
How to Get to Kappabashi
Kappabashi is fairly easy to get to, being located in one of the most active and popular areas of Tokyo. The closest station is Tawaramachi Station on the Ginza Line. You can also walk to Kappabashi from Asakusa, maybe after visiting the temples area in around 10-15 minutes.
Kappabashi street is very easy to spot thanks to the iconic giant chef towering from the top of one of the buildings of the area.
You can walk from Kappabashi to Asakusa, maybe after visiting the temples area.
View scenic routes that include this spot
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More Information about Kappabashi Kitchenware Town
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
- 10:00-17:00
(hours may vary depending on the establishment)
Closed
- Sundays and holidays
(about 60% of all shops are closed)
Best season
- All year
Point

Spots around
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Sushi making experience (Hassan)
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Toyosu Market and Toyosu Senkyaku Banrai
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Tokyo City View
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Azabu-Juban
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Mt. Takao
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Water bus (Asakusa-Odaiba line)
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Tsukiji Outer Market (Tsukiji Kanno)
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TOKYO SKYTREE TOWN (a city walk between Asakusa and TOKYO SKYTREE TOWN)
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ANIME TOKYO STATION
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Izakaya experience
(Kabukicho) -
Ameyoko(Shopping Street)
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SMALL WORLDS miniature museum
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The Sumida Hokusai Museum
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Kagurazaka
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SKY BUS TOKYO(Odaiba Night Course)
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Nezu Museum
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Harajuku Takeshita Street
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SUIGIAN
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Meiji Jingu
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Shunkaen BONSAI Museum
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Sake tasting experience
(Meishu Center Sake Shop Ochanomizu) -
The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo
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Water Bus (Kasai- Odaiba Line)
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Water Bus (Tokyo Cruise)
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Akihabara
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NAKANO BROADWAY
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Ebisu Yokocho
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Nihonbashi (cultural experience)
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Origami experience
(Ochanomizu Origami Kaikan) -
Tofuya Ukai
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Tokyo Sakura Tram(Toden Arakawa Line)
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Hama-rikyu Gardens
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teamLab Borderless Odaiba(Closed down on August 31, 2022)
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teamLab Borderless: MORI Building DIGITAL ART MUSEUM
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BOOK AND BED TOKYO
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Rikugien Gardens
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Edo Kiriko glass making experience (at Sumida Edo Kiriko Kan)
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Tama Sushi (sushi-making experience)
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YanakaGinza(Shopping Street)/Nezu-jinja Shrine
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Shibuya
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Shibuya Scramble Square
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Kanda Myojin Shrine
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Shibamata
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Edo Kiriko Asakusa Ojima