Iidaya (飯田屋)
IIDA-YA — Kappabashi, Tokyo
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Iidaya bills itself as a “super” specialist cooking-tool shop, and the shelves bear it out: next to the everyday things are tools made for one job and nothing else. A few are the shop’s own design, among them the Ever Peeler and the Ever Oroshi grater.
The shop is straightforward about language on its own site. Staff say they are not strong in anything but Japanese, and that they will reach for translation apps and serve you with everything they have. Come with a photo of what you are after, or point at it on the shelf, and it will go quickly.
What you can buy here
- Peelersthe shop's own Ever Peeler among them
- Gratersthe shop's own Ever Oroshi among them
- Frying pans and potsa range wide enough to choose by material as well as by use
- Kitchen tools of every kindfrom the everyday to the startlingly specific
Getting there
About a 6-minute walk north along Kitchen Town Street from Tawaramachi Station on the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line.
The shop opens at 11:00, later than most of the street. If you are walking Kitchen Town Street in the morning, leave this one until afterwards.
| Hours | 11:00–18:00From the shop |
|---|---|
| Closed | Year-end and New Year holidaysFrom the shop |
| Address | 2-21-6 Nishi-Asakusa, Taito-ku, Tokyo 111-0035 |
| Phone | 03-3842-3757 |
| Official site | https://kappa-iida.com/ |
| Online shop | https://iidaya.shop/ |
| Payment | Credit cards (Visa, Mastercard, JCB, AMEX, Diners, Discover), PayPay, LINE Pay, Alipay, WeChat Pay, AlipayHK, Kakao PayFrom the shop |
| Social media | InstagramXFacebook |
Services
| Gift wrapping | YesThe shop's site says it is glad to wrap gifts. |
|---|---|
| Overseas shipping | YesShips overseas by EMS through Japan Post. |
| English spoken | NoThe shop's site says staff are not strong in languages other than Japanese, but also that they will use translation apps and serve you with everything they have. |
Good to know
- Anyone who wants to walk the shelvesthe everyday and the highly specific, under one roof
- Anyone replacing a worn-out kitchen toolthe shop makes its own peelers and graters
- Anyone sending tools homeships overseas by EMS through Japan Post
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