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 Kitchenware Town is a shopping street with over 100 years of history located in downtown Tokyo between Asakusa and Ueno.
Things to Do in Kappabashi Kitchenware Town
Kappabashi is a street full of shops selling interesting and unique items. Shopping in Kappabashi means experiencing Japan on a deeper level than just mere shopping. All the stores reflect some aspect of the Japanese culture, especially food culture, and history and can help travelers and tourists to get a taste of the Japanese culinary soul through cooking utensils, ceramics, lanterns, signs for restaurants and many more!
How to Get to Kappabashi
Kappabashi is fairly easy to get to, being located in one of the most active and popular areas of Tokyo. The closest station is Tawaramachi Station on the Ginza Line. You can also walk to Kappabashi from Asakusa, maybe after visiting the temples area in around 10-15 minutes.
Kappabashi street is very easy to spot thanks to the iconic giant chef towering from the top of one of the buildings of the area.
You can walk from Kappabashi to Asakusa, maybe after visiting the temples area.
View scenic routes that include this spot
CULINARY × ART × EXPERIENCE
More Information about Kappabashi Kitchenware Town
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
- 10:00-17:00
(hours may vary depending on the establishment)
Closed
- Sundays and holidays
(about 60% of all shops are closed)
Best season
- All year
Point

Spots around
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Kanda Myojin Shrine
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TOKYO ODAIBA OEDO-ONSEN MONOGATARI(Closed down on September 5, 2021)
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Mohri Garden
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teamLab Borderless: MORI Building DIGITAL ART MUSEUM
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Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden
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Toyosu Market and Toyosu Senkyaku Banrai
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Tokyo Station
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Samurai Training Tokyo Asakusa
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Todoroki Valley
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Yoyogi Park
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Tama Sushi (sushi-making experience)
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Rickshaw rides in Asakusa
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Marunouchi-Nakadori Ave.
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Tsukishima
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Sugamo Jizo-dori Street
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Sake Tasting Experience @ the Japan Sake and Shochu Information Center
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Tsukiji Outer Market (Tsukiji Kanno)
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Shibuya Scramble Square
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Haneda Airport
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Odaiba
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TOKYO CRUISE Sumidagawa Line
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Shopping at electronics stores(BIC CAMERA)
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Ningyocho
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Asakusa Costume photo Studio Nanairo(Closed down on January 31, 2022)
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Corridor Gai
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Sumo Stable (Arashio)
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Roppongi Art Complex (Complex 665)
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Mt. Takao
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Shinjuku Golden Gai
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Shinjuku
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Shibuya Nishimura Fruits Parlor
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TOKYO SKYTREE
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Tokyo Tower
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Tea Experience @Jugetsudo Ginza Kabukiza
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Ueno Park
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Meiji Jingu
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Nihombashi
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Hatonomori Hachiman Shrine
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Kanda Jimbocho Used Bookshop Town
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Miraikan - The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation
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Asakusa Hanayashiki
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Koishikawa Korakuen Gardens
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Shibuya
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Asakusa
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Edo Kiriko Asakusa Ojima
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SUIGIAN
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Jindai-ji Temple
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Omotesando
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Tokyo City View
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Depachika (Isetan Shinjuku Store)
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Azabu-Juban
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TOKYO CRUISE (Hinode Pier)
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YanakaGinza(Shopping Street)/Nezu-jinja Shrine
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Tokyo Sakura Tram(Toden Arakawa Line)
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Ebisuya Rickshaw
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Shabu Shabu & Sushi Specialty Restaurant 'Hassan'
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High-tech kaiten-sushi restaurant
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Hama-rikyu Gardens
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Ameyoko (Shopping Street)
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Nezu Museum
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Kichijoji
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Tomigaya
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RED° TOKYO TOWER