Kappabashi Dougugai

This place isn’t far from the shrine, but it was quiet when we browsed through the street. I wanted to see the shellac fake foods which were awesome to see. Lots of opportunities to browse and buy ceramic bowls, restaurant equipment, and more.

Here’s my money. All of my money. Take it. Take it all. Knowing my love affair with coffee and home-​brewing coffee and ceramics a friend who has travelled to Japan many times made a point of me promising I would visit Kappabashi Street. «You’ll love it,» he said. Book. Marked.
If you’ve arrived by train you’ll want to keep an eye out for the giant chef’s head on the side of a building. When you see that you know you’ve arrived. This street is for the serious food lover, kitchen gadget addict and, it’s real purpose, restauranteurs. There’s a shop for every need imaginable from cast iron plates to fake bowls of ramen, ceramics, coffee brewing equipment or take-​away containers. It’s literally a one-​stop-​shopping-​street.
For me, the main focus was Hario /​Chemex coffee equipment and ceramics. Thankfully this made our walk up and down the street an easy and efficient one. The two main ceramic shops that I’d consider worth your time are on the first stretch of the road and Union Coffee is where you’ll find most of the coffee equipment you’d be chasing.
As with most shopping in Japan it is worth carrying cash with you as many don’t have the option to pay by card or they have high minimum spends.

I’m in love with this street! It took a lot of strength to not buy every kitchen gadget I saw. I strolled into a tiny store and I found a contraption that toasted bread into flower-​shaped cups. I bought it for my mom and she loved it! She’s been coming up with recipes to show it off.
Even if you’re not into kitchen gadgets, it’s still a nice place to visit because it’s such a unique place.

Wonderful area to browse around shops there sell a lot of kitchen gadgets, signs, plastic display foods, knives and there are a lot of eating places around the area too.
I always find it interesting watching tourist buying things and wondering how they are going to get that in their suitcases.
The area is a little older so it has a nice charm to it.

Another one of those ‘Japan experience’ for everyone. It’s not just an area for tourists, a lot of locals like to come here and check out the shops as well!
This is a long street with shops selling all sorts kitchen related items. Anything you can think of anything that you can’t come up with you will find at Kappabashi.
Some shops include high quality knife stores, shops selling all sorts of kitchen bowls, pots & pans, restaurant signs, restaurants uniforms and of course, fake plastic sample foods. These are always popular as gifts to take home.