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Tokyo Chubo is a cookware shop that holds to old-fashioned face-to-face service, keeping a wide stock on hand and turning around special orders quickly.
What you can buy here
KnivesDamascus blades of 33 and 45 layers
Nambu tetsubincast-iron kettles
StockpotsJapanese-made and imported
Woks and frying pansfor the stove
10 min walk from Tawaramachi Stn
Getting there
About a 10-minute walk from Tawaramachi Station on the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line.
Hours
Weekdays and Saturdays 9:00–16:00; Sundays and public holidays 10:00–16:00