Address :1-39-13 Asakusa, Taito-ku, Tokyo Phone :03 3841 4015 URL：http://nakasei.biz/ Amanoya was established in 1846 toward the end of the Edo Period. In ancient China it was customary to exchange cups of rice wine or sake at political gatherings. But there was one very talented, high-ranking official who was unable to drink any form of […]

Benmatsu

Address :1-10-7 Nihonbashi muromachi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo Phone :03 3279 2361 URL：http://www.benmatsu.com/ 　Toward the end of the Edo Period there was a huge fish market in Nihonbashi, and inside the fish market was a tiny café called “Higuchiya”. The café enjoyed a good reputation and was always crowded with workers from the fish market. These people […]

Chikusen

Address :2-3 Nihonbashi Kobuna-cyo, Chuo-ku, Tokyo Phone :03 5202 0991 URL：http://www.chikusen.co.jp/ Chikusen opened for business in 1842 as a dealer in two very different types of dyed kimonos: Edo Komon and Yukata. Edo Komon is a more formal kimono, appropriate for wearing to a party or perhaps a tea ceremony. The material itself is silk, to […]

Ibasen

Address :4-1 Nihonbashi Kobunacho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo Phone :03 3664 9261 URL：http://www.ibasen.com/ 　With a 400 year history, we originally started out in the service of the Shogunate in Edo, dealing in “washi” (Japanese paper) and items made from bamboo. Toward the end of the Edo Period we began handling fans with “ukiyo-e” or wood block prints […]

Isetatsu

Address :2-18-9 Yanaka,Taito-ku,Tokyo Phone :03 3823 1453 URL：http://www.isetatsu.com/ 　Isetatsu stocks more than 1000 kinds of decorative paper and traditional paper craft patterns, and since its establishment has continued to produce a wide range of Japanese stationary items, toys and good luck charms all crafted from paper printed with traditional patterns and colors of old Edo. […]

Kimuraya Sohonten

Address :4-5-7 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo Phone :03 3561 0091 URL：http://www.kimuraya-sohonten.co.jp/ 　Our founder Yasube Kimura started Japan’s first bakery in 1869, just after Japan was opened to the West. At that time, bread in a sense symbolized Western culture, and Yasube continued experimenting to develop breads that were acceptable to the Japanese palate. In 1874 he […]

Kuroeya

Address :1-2-6 Nihonbashi , Chuo-ku, Tokyo Phone :03 3272 0948 URL：http://www.kuroeya.com/ 　Kuroeya has been dealing in fine-quality lacquer ware since its founding in 1689. Lacquer ware is the generic term applied to utensils generally made of wood and coated with the sap of the Japanese lacquer tree. This representative traditional craft ware is widely used in […]

Nihonbashi Funasa

Address :1-12-13 Nihonbashi Muromachi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo Phone :0120 273123 URL：http://www.ganso-tsukudani.com/ 　Founded in 1862, Funasa helped pioneer the creation of “tsukudani”, a popular preserving and flavoring technique. Funasa tsukudani consists of various sea foods and vegetables, which we then boil down at a strictly controlled temperature in our own special sauce made using Kikkoman brand soy […]

Ninben

Address :2-3-1 Nihonbashi muromachi, Chuo-ku,Tokyo Phone :03 3241 0241 URL：http://www.ninben.co.jp/ 　Our shop has specialized exclusively in “katsuobushi”, or dried bonito, since it was established in 1699. Around 1830 we issued gift certificates made of silver to exchange for katsuobushi, which is presumably the oldest in the world. Katsuobushi is a fermented food product made from […]

Rengyokuan

Address :2-8-7 Ueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo Phone :03 3835 1594 　Situated near Ueno Park, Rengyokuan soba or buckwheat noodle shop has been in operation for over 140 years since the end of the Edo Period. Numerous old manuscripts from the Meiji Period on record how intellectuals and men of culture would stop at Rengyokuan when they […]

Sasanoyuki

Address :2-15-10 Negishi, Taito-ku, Tokyo Phone :03 3873 1145 URL：http://www.sasanoyuki.com/ 　Sasanoyuki opened its doors as a tofu restaurant in 1691. Today tofu is popular throughout the world as a health food, but this same tofu was first made by us in Tokyo 315 years ago, and from that time up until this very day we […]