Kappabashi

We went to the kitchen shopping district Kappabashi. The whole street is dedicated to kitchen catering and restaurant supplies.

The giant chef on top of the Niimi store marks the start of Kappabashi-dori. We went on a Saturday and so it wasn't too busy. Even got a carpark on the street.

There is everything you could possibly need for either a home kitchen or a professional restaurant available in the shops here.

This shop specialised in Americana items that you might need in setting up a soda shop - go figure.

This place sold lanterns that you might need in your izakaya.

Teapots

Crockery

A grill for making fish-shaped pancakes

This place had every imaginable coffee pot

A specialty of Kappabashi is Japanese knives. We went to Kama-asa to look for some.

Ended up paying a fair bit of money for three knives. 

The man in the shop engraved kanji characters 得努 into the knives for me.

得努 is pronounced Edo - my name! Translated means"to gain through effort".

We stopped for a bite to eat at a bakery. While the boys were sitting on a bench eating, a little kodomo-mikoshi, kids parade came past.

Here's the obligatory koban.

Another interesting day out exploring Tokyo.