Kappabashi Street
The Kappabashi Street (in Japanese Kappabashi ( か っ ぱ 橋 or 合 羽 橋 ) German “Kappabashi-Geräteladenstraße” ( か っ ぱ 橋 道具 街 , Kappabashi dōgugai )) in Matsugaya and Nishi- Asakusa , Taitō , Tokyo is a special shopping street for restaurants and kitchen supplies with over 200 stores. A typical Asian peculiarity is the sale of plastic replicas of dishes and drinks, which are mainly used in small restaurants to advertise in shop windows.
The approximately 1 km long road with two lanes in each direction extends from the junction Asakusa-dōri / Kikuya-bashi ( 35 ° 42 ′ 37.1 ″ N , 139 ° 47 ′ 17.7 ″ E ) as the southern end to the cross one Kototoi-dōri as the north end ( 35 ° 43 ′ 5.3 ″ N , 139 ° 47 ′ 21.6 ″ E ).
Surname
Hashi, or here bashi, means bridge. Kappa ( (雨) 合 羽 , (ama) kappa ), literally about feather cape, is derived from the Portuguese rainwear capa . The word with the same name, but written 河 童 , gives cause for confusion and denotes the Japanese river goblin , which is not the namesake of the street, even if its statue is there.
structure
The breakdown by business area follows the given literature. The number of stores is shown in brackets.
- Japanese and Western cutlery (23)
- Chinese cutlery and lacquerware (25)
- Material for restaurants (38)
- Material for wrapping, vessels, table decorations (25)
- Plastic dishes, white coats (15)
- Material for baking cakes and bread (14)
- Equipment for Tofu production, refrigerators, refrigerated display cases (16)
- Japanese and Western Furniture (16)
- Steel nets, signs, noren , bamboo products (10)
- Restaurant interior design, showcases, shop windows (24)
- Ingredients for cakes and sweets, coffee and tea, sweets wholesale (4)
- Other (12)
Individual evidence
- ↑ か っ ぱ 橋 の 歴 史 (History of Kappabashi Street). Kappabashi Promotion Union, accessed January 27, 2014 (Japanese).
- ↑ Encyclopedia Kojien. Iwanami Publishing House
literature
- Tōkyō Kappabashi Shōtengai shinkōkai rengō (Ed.): Leaflet on the street (Status: November 1, 1999)
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Coordinates: 35 ° 42 ′ 52 ″ N , 139 ° 47 ′ 20 ″ E