Majimaya Kashidoguten (馬嶋屋菓子道具店)
MAJIMAYA — Kappabashi, Tokyo
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Majimaya has dealt in confectionery tools since 1951: wooden moulds for wagashi, tins and moulds for Western-style confectionery, cookie cutters, bread tins, and branding irons for pressing a mark into a finished sweet. It makes originals and takes custom orders, under a line of its own that runs roughly: if it does not exist, it can be made.
Moulds are light and they lie flat, which makes them one of the easier things on this street to carry home.
What you can buy here
- Wagashi wooden mouldsthe wooden moulds Japanese confectionery has always been shaped in
- Cake and bread tinsmoulds for baking
- Cookie cutterssmall and light, and easy to take home
- Branding ironsfor pressing a mark into confectionery
- Small confectionery toolsthe fiddly things
- Confectionery machineryfor the trade
Getting there
About a 3-minute walk north along Kitchen Town Street from Tawaramachi Station on the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line, towards the southern end and among the closest shops to the station.
It opens at 9:30 on weekdays, early enough to make it the first stop of a day on the street.
| Hours | Weekdays 9:30–17:30; Sundays 10:00–17:00From the shop |
|---|---|
| Closed | Public holidays, Year-end and New Year holidays, and summer holidaysFrom the shop |
| Address | 2-5-4 Nishi-Asakusa, Taito-ku, Tokyo 111-0035 |
| Phone | 03-3844-3850 |
| Official site | https://majimaya.com/ |
| Online shop | https://majimaya.jp/ |
| Social media | InstagramX |
Good to know
- Anyone who bakes at homewagashi wooden moulds through to Western cake tins in one shop
- Anyone looking for a light souvenircookie cutters are small, flat and easy to pack
- Anyone who needs a mould madethe shop makes originals and takes custom orders