Chefs preparing food in a smokey kitchen at a Tokyo street food restaurant.Shopping · Hidden gem

Kappabashi Kitchen Street

かっぱ橋道具街

Asakusa, Tokyo · 東京

Eight hundred metres of trade suppliers: carbon-steel knives, lacquer bowls, noren curtains, and the plastic food replicas you have seen in every restaurant window.

Why it’s worth it

A shop here will sharpen and engrave a knife while you wait. It is the one souvenir from Tokyo that you will still be using in twenty years.

CategoryShopping
AreaAsakusa
HoursMost shops 10:00–17:00, many closed Sunday
Typical spend¥¥
Hidden gemknivesceramicsplastic food

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