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.
Professional use products for purchase by general consumers. Japanese knives and food samples are popular with foreign customers.
View scenic routes that include this spot
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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)
Best season
- All year
Point
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Meiji Jingu
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Water bus (Asakusa-Odaiba line)
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Mt. Takao
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Sake tasting experience
(Meishu Center Sake Shop Ochanomizu) -
Sushi making experience (Hassan)
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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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Izakaya experience
(Kabukicho) -
Kanda Myojin Shrine
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Shibuya
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Ebisu Yokocho
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Nezu Museum
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Akihabara
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Rikugien Gardens
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Tokyo City View
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teamLab Borderless Odaiba(Closed down on August 31, 2022)
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Ameyoko(Shopping Street)
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NAKANO BROADWAY
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Toei Streetcar (Toden) Arakawa Line
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Tofuya Ukai
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Hama-rikyu Gardens
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BOOK AND BED TOKYO
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ANIME TOKYO STATION
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The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo
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Shibamata
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Kagurazaka
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Nihonbashi (cultural experience)
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SMALL WORLDS miniature museum
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Azabu-Juban
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Harajuku Takeshita Street
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YanakaGinza(Shopping Street)/Nezu-jinja Shrine
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Water Bus (Kasai- Odaiba Line)
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Tokyo Skytree Town (a city walk between Asakusa and Tokyo Skytree Town)
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Shunkaen Bonsai Museum
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Edo Kiriko glass making experience (at Sumida Edo Kiriko Kan)
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Origami experience
(Ochanomizu Origami Kaikan) -
Tsukiji Outer Market