Kappabashi Tool Street

Nia Rincon 2 weeks ago

Great experience! Anything you could possibly need for your kitchen is on this street. The shop owners were all incredibly kind to foreigners and the surrounding area is a beautiful blend of modern and traditional architecture. Just a head’s up, most of the shops are closed on Sundays!

Alan Khoury a month ago

Such a cool place to buy a knife. My wife and I spent hours just visiting all of the shops and finding some that were hidden away. So cool to see all the variety of kitchenware and knifes on display. We ended up picking up a couple of knifes for our home kitchen. Can’t wait to get back home and use them!

Line S a month ago

This is heaven 😍 If you are after Japanese made kitchen/ cooking/ baking products this is the place. Look for the Kappabashi street sign (in Japanese) with yellow and green duck along the road that mark the area. Even if you just want to look around, come at least before 3pm as some shops closed as early as 4.30pm, only a couple open until 6pm. Shops open at around 9am-11am ish. Many closes on Sunday but that kinda reduces the choice fatigue plus eliminates the small ones as more great sellers and big shops are still open. If you are really serious about baking or cooking, come after lunch or even dedicate an entire day. Most shop let you browse around, touch the products and take pictures. But be careful not to break things as they might as you to pay for it. Most if not all shops have very small aisles, it won’t fit prams or wheelchairs. Not much stairs around but a step or two and some stores have multiple floors. Hence this place is only suitable for adults, as kids won’t be interested and they might touch or break things. let your partner take the children somewhere and come to this heaven 😉 Mainly there are thee kind of shops: 1. tax free shop inside the shop itself where they will do the tax deduction and you need to spend 5000yen inside that shop. (Mostly bigger and more modern shops) 2. Shop that participates in the tax free scheme in Kappabashi area. There is a tax refund counter opens until 6pm and they have the list of which shop participates in the tax free scheme- this means you don’t have to buy 5000yen in one shop and you can go to the tax refund counter once you finished shopping and buy over 5000yen from all participating shops (see pic for list) and see store stickers or you can ask the shop before buying. (Medium-big old school shops) 3. Shops that don’t do neither. In saying that, some non tax free shops sometimes sell the same items with better prices. And many items here aren’t cheaper than buying from tourist spots. Do some research and compare with amazon jp to get better deals.

Ava Cheong 2 months ago

Cute street for kitchenware. If we were locals and were looking for kitchenware, I’d definitely head there. We got a nice full stainless steel box grater! Don’t like those with silicon handles etc so we were happy to find one. Got some cute chopstick rests too! There are many kinds - from sleek classy ones to silly ones shaped like mayo bottles. Lots of knife shops too, some of which offer sharpening services.

Roderick Knudslien 3 months ago

I’ve been to ‘kitchen street’ many times, it’s always a treat! So many interesting shops related to equipment for food industry. If you’re interested in beautifully crafted equipment you will be here for several hours!…chefs from around the world come here to find equipment…and of course ‘KNIVES’ are at the top of the list! Tuesdays seem to be the best day…least number of people and all the shops are open!