Kappabashi-dori Kitchenware Street is a food market in Tokyo.
Kappabashi-dori in Tokyo's Asakusa is the 800-metre Kitchenware Town with 170 specialist shops. Carbon knives, ceramic ware, lacquer and sample food.
Editorially verified June 2, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Tsubaya and Kamata are the canonical knife shops; both offer English-friendly service. Closed Sundays.
Address: Taito-ku, Tokyo 111-0036, Japan
Daimaru Tokyo Station depachika is the food hall attached to Tokyo Station's Yaesu exit. 50 counters of pre-train bento, gourmet retail and seasonal wagashi.
Tip: Best ekiben for Shinkansen rides. Buy the bento at the station entrance and eat on the train.
Kichijoji Sun Road in Tokyo's Kichijoji is the covered shopping arcade north of the JR station. 100 family-run shops; bakeries, wagashi and bento counters.
Tip: Combine with Harmonica Yokocho. The Iseya yakitori take-away counter is the alley's signature stop.
Tokyu Food Show in Tokyo's Shibuya is the depachika under Shibuya Mark City. 80 counters of bento, French patisserie and wagashi; Shibuya's biggest food hall.
Tip: The 19:30 half-price markdown on bento is the local move. Easy from JR Shibuya, take the south Mark City exit.
Tsukiji Outer Market in Tokyo's Chuo ward is the food-stall labyrinth that survived after the wholesale auctions moved to Toyosu in 2018. Peak 07:00-11:00.
Tip: Arrive by 07:30 for stalls before the tour groups; the tamagoyaki sticks at Yamacho are the canonical first bite.
Toyosu Fish Market in Tokyo's Koto ward replaced Tsukiji's wholesale auctions in 2018. Visitor decks above the tuna trade plus sushi and seafood restaurants.
Tip: Apply via lottery for a lower-deck auction view; the upper free deck takes walk-ups. Sushi Dai and Daiwa Sushi are the breakfast queues.
Ameya-Yokocho in Tokyo's Ueno is the post-war black-market street under the JR tracks, 400 stalls of fish, dried goods, spices, takoyaki and cheap clothing.
Tip: Saturday afternoons are dense; weekday mornings are calmer. The dried-fish stalls and the okonomiyaki carts are the local lunch order.
