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Old Jan 30, 2018 | 1:35 am
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Originally Posted by TA
I was in Tokyo looking for just this back around Thanksgiving. I walked to this street, which is away from the tourist areas and in a kitchen supply kind of neighborhood. There were 3-4 knife shops on this street and seemed to have very good selection:

https://www.google.com/maps/search/k....787506,17.26z

(near the top of the map, the cluster around "Tsubaya Cutlery World")
The area is called Kappabashi. It's full of restaurant supply businesses.
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