1. Kappabashi
    Photo: Time Out Tokyo | Kappabashi kitchen town
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Kappabashi-dori

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Time Out says

If you’re visiting Asakusa’s Sensoji Temple and Nakamise, take a short detour to this area devoted to wholesale kitchenware shops. You’ll find low-cost crockery, rice cookers, knives, grills, indeed everything you need to set up a restaurant, including the realistic-looking plastic models of dishes that are displayed in restaurant windows. The shops run along Shinbori-dori, from the corner of Asakusa-dori; look for the giant chef’s head on the top of the Niimi store.

Details

Address
Nishi-Asakusa and Matsugaya, Taito-ku
Tokyo
Transport:
Tawaramachi Station (Ginza line), exit 1 or Asakusa Station (Asakusa, Ginza lines), exits 1, 2, 3, A4

What’s on

Shitamachi Tanabata Matsuri

Asakusa's Kappabashi – the famed mecca for Tokyo chefs and homecooks looking to kit out their kitchens – is festooned with vibrantly coloured streamers and decorations during this annual summer festival. Though it runs from July 4 to 8, the best time to visit the Shitamachi Tanabata Matsuri is over the July 5-6 weekend, when local businesses put out stalls and hold parades and street performances. The street parade on July 5 will begin at 1.15pm near the Ueno Gakuen Junior and Senior High School, and slowly make its way through Kappabashi Main Street towards Asakusa. Expect to see police and primary school marching bands plus a special appearance by the Metropolitan Police's all-female motorcycle brigade. On Sunday July 6, Kappabashi will be hosting street performances of all sorts throughout the day, ranging from Sado-Okesa dances from Niigata to Awa-Odori dances from Tokushima.
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