Kappabashi Maeda (かっぱ橋まえ田)
MAEDA — Kappabashi, Tokyo
English support and tax-free are shown only where we've confirmed them. Many Kappabashi shops do offer tax-free — ask at the register (passport required).
Japanese tableware and knives, sold side by side. Arita and Mino ware, lacquerware, glass, sake and tea vessels, and donabe, the earthenware pots set straight over a flame, with the knives given real shelf space of their own. The point of the shop is that you can settle the bowls and the blades in one visit.
The shop’s site carries a page on how to order from outside Japan. Note the early close at 16:50, and the later Sunday opening at 10:30.
What you can buy here
- Japanese tablewareArita ware, Mino ware and more
- Knivesa range the shop puts real effort into
- Lacquerwarefor the Japanese table
- Glasswarefor cold things
- Sake and tea vesselsfor drinking
- Donabeearthenware pots for the flame
Getting there
About a 2-minute walk north along Kitchen Town Street from Tawaramachi Station on the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line.
The shop closes early, at 16:50. On Sundays it opens at 10:30 rather than 10:00.
| Hours | Weekdays, Saturdays and public holidays 10:00–16:50; Sundays 10:30–16:50From the shop |
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| Closed | To be confirmedFrom the shop |
| Address | 1-10-10 Matsugaya, Taito-ku, Tokyo 111-0036 |
| Phone | 03-3845-2822 |
| Official site | https://www.kappa-maeda.co.jp/ |
| Online shop | https://www.kappa-maeda.co.jp/ |
| Payment | Cash, credit cards, QR code paymentsFrom the shop |
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Services
| Overseas shipping | YesThe shop ships overseas, and its official site has a page explaining how to order from abroad. |
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Good to know
- Anyone buying bowls and a knifetableware and blades in the same shop
- Anyone who wants ware from a named pottery townArita, Mino and others
- Anyone ordering from abroadthe shop's site explains how