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| Above, Kappabashi's Giant Chef. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
During my 2014 trip to Japan, one of the places in Tokyo I explored was the Kappabashi district.
Kappabashi is known as "Kitchen Town" where food preparation products can be bought. I bought three chef's knives while there.
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| Above, I bought 3 knives at Kamaasa Knife Co. in Kappabashi. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
The Japan Times has posted an article on Kappabashi.
They begin with:
In Kappabashi, a roughly 800-meter-long strip between Asakusa and Ueno, locals and tourists alike spill out from a dense row of nearly 170 kitchenware shops. Their shopping bags tell the story — knives, chopsticks, cake molds and plastic sushi souvenirs.
No wonder they call this place “Kitchen Town.”
To read more, go here.
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