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. At the Ganso Shokuhin Sample-ya, popular among visitors from overseas, people can try their hand at making their own replica food creations.

Street address: 3-7-6 Nishi Asakusa, Taito-ku

Access

Route1

12 minutes by foot from Tokyo Metro Ginza Line Tawaramachi Station Exit 3.

Route2

1 minute by foot from the No. 26 Matsugaya bus stop on the Taito-ku Circulation Bus (Tozai Megurin)
1 minute by foot from the No. 18 Kappabashi bus stop on the Taito-ku Circulation Bus (Minami Megurin)

Opening Hours: 10:00-17:30

Closed: Open every day

Fee: Replica food workshop: from 2,160 yen

Website: http://www.ganso-sample.com/en/

Best season: All year

Point: Reservations are recommended for the replica food workshop. Please note in advance that preschool-aged children cannot take part for safety reasons.