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December 13, 2006
Kappabashi Dougugai-dori, a unique one-kilometer stretch of wholesaler street, is best known as "Kitchenware Town." All sorts of equipment and utensils, both modern and traditional, for restaurant and home kitchens can be found here. Life-like plastic food hispalys are a tourist attraction and buy these for your souvenirs.
This is the "food chopper knives" shop. You can choose your only one from thousands of knives. How about buy the knives for Sushi? Because Sushi contains the rice so that specific knives is useful to cut.
This is the "Rice Bowl" shop. You know that we eat the rice with this kind of bowl and chopsticks in Japan. These bowl is made of ceramic, so that BE CAREFUL to handle it!
This is the "Pan" shop. Pans, Pans... Pans... I guess you traveller doesn't need this size of pans. The freight to your country is seemed to be so expensive. You should buy it in your own country.
This is the "Shop Advertizing Board" shop. You can find some shop board like "open" or "close" that you see in Sushi Bar. The shop board made of wood and scalputured "OPEN" is good for your souvenirs.
This is "Kappa". Kappa is an visionary creature. Actually it is not the same as "Kappa-bashi" but have same pronounciation. Let get find this figure in Asakusa town!
Access: 5 min walk from Tokyo-Metro Tawaramachi Station, or 15 min walk from Tokyo-Metro Asakusa Station
