Hashitou Honten (はし藤本店)
HASHITOU — Kappabashi, Tokyo
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Hashitou has sold chopsticks and nothing else since 1910. The disposable pairs are cut from Japanese cedar and hinoki cypress; the bare-wood ones run to plum and cherry; the lacquered ones are bought straight from the districts that make them. Almost everything on the shelves grew in Japan.
Because you can pick the pairs up and set one timber or finish against another, it is an easy shop to decide in, whether you want a gift or a single pair for yourself. The shop also keeps a VR tour of its floor online, so you can look along the shelves before you come.
What you can buy here
- Bare-wood chopsticksJapanese cedar, hinoki cypress, plum and cherry, and handmade pairs in kurogaki black persimmon
- Lacquered chopsticksincluding pairs finished in Japanese urushi lacquer
- Disposable chopsticksmostly Japanese cedar and hinoki cypress
- Regional and prized-wood pairsKoshu wine-wood, Hakone yosegi marquetry, square goma-dake bamboo rubbed with urushi
- Chopstick rests and toothpickssmall things for the table
- Chopstick sleeves, bands and kaishi paperfor inns and restaurants
Getting there
About a 4-minute walk from Tawaramachi Station on the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line.
| Hours | Weekdays and Saturdays 10:00–17:30 |
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| Closed | Sundays and public holidays |
| Address | 2-6-2 Nishi-Asakusa, Taito-ku, Tokyo 111-0035 |
| Phone | 03-3844-0723 |
| Official site | https://hashitou.co.jp/ |
| Online shop | https://hashitou.shop-pro.jp/ |
| Payment | Cash, credit cards, electronic money, QR code payments |
| Social media | InstagramFacebook |
Services
| English spoken | YesThe shop's official site has pages in English. |
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Virtual tour
Good to know
- Anyone looking for chopsticks as a giftJapanese timbers, lacquered pairs by certified traditional craftsmen, yosegi marquetry, all with a clear origin
- Anyone choosing a pair for themselvesyou can hold the timbers and finishes side by side before deciding
- Restaurants and innsdisposable chopsticks, and the sleeves, bands and kaishi paper to go with them, in one visit