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Kappabashi-dori

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17: 289: 145:(河童), the shops along the street have officially adopted the kappa as their mascot. Images of kappa appear frequently in the area, from merchandise to displays and websites about the district, often written in 135:合羽) of nearby residents which were hung out to dry on the bridge, or from a merchant named Kihachi Kappaya who funded the project to build Shinhorikawa River for water management. However, as the name is a 345: 253: 16: 326: 185: 360: 319: 162: 350: 312: 166: 96: 355: 193: 36: 140: 105: 72: 68: 296: 339: 288: 215: 52: 240: 116: 60: 268: 255: 136: 79: 245: 146: 128: 75: 109: 87: 56: 150: 64: 48: 15: 91: 83: 21: 235: 59:
which is almost entirely populated with shops supplying the
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marks the entrance to the southern end of Kappabashi-dori
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The street's name is believed to come from either the
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Visit of the market with many pictures - in English
246:Japan-Guide to Kappabashi with more photographs 320: 8: 327: 313: 63:trade. These shops sell everything from 346:Shopping districts and streets in Japan 177: 7: 285: 283: 139:with the popular mythical creature, 192:. February 26, 2014. Archived from 14: 295:This Tokyo location article is a 108:. The street is also an off-beat 287: 236:Official website (in Japanese) 1: 299:. You can help Knowledge by 186:"What does Kappabashi mean?" 377: 282: 216:"かっぱ橋道具街へようこそ! - かっぱ橋の歴史" 40: 161:The closest station is 100:, derived from English 269:35.71444°N 139.78889°E 149:as かっぱ rather than in 25: 361:Tokyo geography stubs 31:, also known just as 19: 220:www.kappabashi.or.jp 106:Japanese restaurants 274:35.71444; 139.78889 265: /  196:on November 7, 2016 163:Tawaramachi Station 115:Nearby is located 26: 308: 307: 47:, is a street in 368: 351:Streets in Tokyo 329: 322: 315: 291: 284: 280: 279: 277: 276: 275: 270: 266: 263: 262: 261: 258: 224: 223: 212: 206: 205: 203: 201: 182: 104:) found outside 69:kitchen utensils 42: 376: 375: 371: 370: 369: 367: 366: 365: 336: 335: 334: 333: 273: 271: 267: 264: 259: 256: 254: 252: 251: 232: 227: 214: 213: 209: 199: 197: 184: 183: 179: 175: 159: 125: 29:Kappabashi-dori 12: 11: 5: 374: 372: 364: 363: 358: 353: 348: 338: 337: 332: 331: 324: 317: 309: 306: 305: 292: 249: 248: 243: 238: 231: 230:External links 228: 226: 225: 207: 176: 174: 171: 165:on the Subway 158: 157:Transportation 155: 124: 121: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 373: 362: 359: 357: 354: 352: 349: 347: 344: 343: 341: 330: 325: 323: 318: 316: 311: 310: 304: 302: 298: 293: 290: 286: 281: 278: 247: 244: 242: 239: 237: 234: 233: 229: 221: 217: 211: 208: 195: 191: 187: 181: 178: 172: 170: 168: 164: 156: 154: 152: 148: 144: 143: 138: 134: 130: 122: 120: 118: 113: 112:destination. 111: 107: 103: 99: 98: 93: 89: 85: 81: 78:, restaurant 77: 74: 73:mass-produced 70: 66: 62: 58: 54: 50: 46: 38: 34: 30: 23: 18: 301:expanding it 294: 250: 219: 210: 200:November 14, 198:. Retrieved 194:the original 189: 180: 160: 141: 132: 126: 114: 101: 95: 45:Kitchen Town 44: 32: 28: 27: 272: / 260:139°47′20″E 190:Japan This! 340:Categories 257:35°42′52″N 167:Ginza Line 117:Kappa-dera 67:and other 61:restaurant 33:Kappabashi 137:homophone 129:raincoats 123:Etymology 80:furniture 147:hiragana 90:display 76:crockery 51:between 37:Japanese 20:A giant 110:tourist 97:sampuru 88:plastic 57:Asakusa 102:sample 65:knives 356:Taitō 173:Notes 151:kanji 142:kappa 133:kappa 84:ovens 49:Tokyo 43:) or 297:stub 202:2017 92:food 55:and 53:Ueno 22:chef 41:合羽橋 342:: 218:. 188:. 169:. 153:. 82:, 71:, 39:: 328:e 321:t 314:v 303:. 222:. 204:. 131:( 94:( 35:(

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chef
Japanese
Tokyo
Ueno
Asakusa
restaurant
knives
kitchen utensils
mass-produced
crockery
furniture
ovens
plastic
food
sampuru
Japanese restaurants
tourist
Kappa-dera
raincoats
homophone
kappa
hiragana
kanji
Tawaramachi Station
Ginza Line
"What does Kappabashi mean?"
the original
"かっぱ橋道具街へようこそ! - かっぱ橋の歴史"
Official website (in Japanese)

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