In Kappabashi, a roughly 800-meter-long strip between Asakusa and Ueno, locals and tourists alike spill out from a dense row of nearly 170 kitchenware shops. Their shopping bags tell the story ¡ª knives, chopsticks, cake molds and plastic sushi souvenirs.
No wonder they call this place ¡°Kitchen Town.¡±
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