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 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.
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More Information about Kappabashi Kitchenware Town
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Street address
- 3-18-2 Matsugaya, Taito-ku, Tokyo
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Access
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Route1
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- About 5 minutes by foot from Tawaramachi Station on the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line
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Route2
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- About 13 minutes by foot from Asakusa Station on the Toei Asakusa Line
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Opening Hours
- 10:00-17:00
(hours may vary depending on the establishment)
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Closed
- Sundays and holidays
(about 60% of all shops are closed)
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Best season
- All year
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update: Oct.28.2026
