Thread: Trip to Tokyo - Woodworking stuff to see?

Tokyu Hands (Google it)

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Joyful Honda JOYFUL HONDA | English Joyfulhonda Information

Mike

Thanks Mike,

Greatly appreciated.

I am especially interested in buying a Japanese saw or two. Would you recommend either shop for a saw?

Also I would like to go shopping on Sunday, do you know if Tokyu Hands opens on Sunday? From my browse of their website it looks like Mon-Sat only.
tokyu-hands.co.jp

Thanks From,
G.

Tokyu Hands is usually open on Sundays.
From my trips to Tokyo, the Ikeburo store is probably the best for tools. The stores in Ginza and Shinjuju (spelling?), seem to carry fewer tools.
Whilst Tokyu Hands stores are easy to find and navigate, Japanese locals consider them to be expensive -- think DJs vs Target

If you can shop on a week day, I'll see if I can find the directions to a hardware store I know of in Ikeburo. You'll have to comunicate by sign language as I'm told they only speak Japanese.

Thanks for all the advice.

I visited a great shop in Asakusa (20mins on the train from Tokyo station). It had chisels, saws, sharpening stones, wooden planes, wood carving tools, and a variety of other tools and hardware. It is a small single room store however there is an interesting selection of tools.

The shop is:
Kikusue Cutlery Co Ltd
1-5-1 Asakusa Taito-Ku

Asakusa is well worth a visit if you are interested in more traditional Japanese buildings. It has some great shops. It is well known for kitchen shops and therefore has some shops that sell knives and scissors. Prices and quality are both high.

Cheers,
Gluepot

Joyful Honda has a good range of tools including Japanese saws.
It's easy to kill an hour or two in their stores.

Mike

Originally Posted by Gluepot

I visited a great shop in Asakusa.
It had chisels, saws, sharpening stones, wooden planes, wood carving tools, and a variety of other tools and hardware. It is a small single room store however there is an interesting selection of tools.

The shop is:
Kikusue Cutlery Co Ltd
1-5-1 Asakusa Taito-Ku

Gluepot

Gluepot
thanks for that tip.
I expect to be in Tokyo sometime next year.

do you have a map showing the store's location?