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