Area

Kappabashi

Tokyo's kitchen-tool street, ten minutes' walk from Senso-ji.

A floor-to-ceiling glass wall display of Japanese kitchen knives with colorful handles, with whetstone boxes arranged on the counter below at a Kappabashi knife
Kappabashi Kitchen TownShopping street“I went to look at tableware, but Iidaya is the shop I recommend most. They have hundreds of kinds of cooking tools — if you love cooking, you can spend an hour in there. I bought a ginger grater and a frying pan, among other things.”