MUSASHI JAPAN Minami-Kappabashi (MUSASHI JAPAN 南合羽橋店)
MUSASHI — 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).
The southern of MUSASHI JAPAN’s two shops, selling knives and sake. The range runs from santokuA Japanese all-purpose kitchen knife, its name meaning "three virtues" — meat, fish and vegetables. Usually the first knife a home cook buys.— Kappabashi notes (an all-purpose knife for meat, fish and vegetables), gyutoThe Japanese take on a Western chef's knife: longer and more pointed than a santoku, built for larger cuts of meat.— Kappabashi notes (the Japanese take on a chef’s knife), nakiri (a straight-edged knife for vegetables) and petty knives through to sashimi knives, debaA thick, heavy Japanese knife for breaking down whole fish. The weight lets the blade cut straight through small bones.— Kappabashi notes (a thick knife for breaking down fish), kiritsuke (a slicer with an angled tip) and sujihiki (a long slicer for trimming and portioning meat), in steels from carbon steel and Aogami Super blue carbon steel to stainless steel and Damascus steel. The official site is in English, and its online shop ships worldwide.
What you can buy here
- All-purpose knivessantoku, gyuto, nakiri and petty knives
- For fishsashimi knives, deba and kiritsuke
- For meatsujihiki
- Steelscarbon steel, Aogami Super, stainless and Damascus
- Sakesold alongside the knives
Getting there
About a 6-minute walk north along Kitchen Town Street from Tawaramachi Station on the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line.
The same shop's Kappabashi branch is further north again.
| Hours | 10:30–18:00 |
|---|---|
| Closed | No regular closing days |
| Address | 2-20-2 Nishi-Asakusa, Taito-ku, Tokyo 111-0035 |
| Phone | 03-6824-5391 |
| Official site | https://www.musashihamono.com/pages/shop-page |
| Online shop | https://www.musashihamono.com/ |
| Payment | Cash, credit cards, electronic money, QR code payments |
| Social media | InstagramFacebook |
Services
| Overseas shipping | YesThe online shop ships worldwide. Shipping is free on orders over 30,000 yen. |
|---|---|
| English spoken | YesThe shop's official site is in English. |
Good to know
- Anyone walking up from the south end of the streetthe same shop has a northern branch, so take whichever suits your route
- Anyone who would rather read up in English firstthe shop's official site is in English
- Anyone gathering gifts in one stopknives and sake in the same shop