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Tanaka Shikkiten is a lacquerware shop founded 80 years ago, stocking every kind of lacquered ware from professional to household use.
What you can buy here
Tiered lacquer boxesjubako for serving
Lacquered bowlssoup bowls and bowls for simmered dishes
Edo wooden chopsticksmade one pair at a time by hand in the traditional way
2 min walk from Tawaramachi Stn
Getting there
About a 2-minute walk from Tawaramachi Station on the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line.
Hours
Weekdays and Saturdays 10:30–17:00
Closed
Sundays and public holidays, plus Obon (the mid-August holiday) and the New Year period