Offer high-grade traditional tenugui hand towels made in Japan! In Tokyo, the family business Some-no-anbo creates since 1907 towels that are unusually big by Japanese standards, feature a rare “red”, have fine original designs, are made of durable fabric, and possess colours that resist to washing!
A few prices:
Note: You can shop tax-free by credit card at Some-no-anbo.
Bumpodo is a stationery shop selling fun Japanese souvenirs, oil paints, manga pens… opened in 1887! In addition to the shopping floors, Bumpodo features a gallery on the fourth floor and an art school on the fifth and seventh floors.
Typical prices:
Open: 10:00-19:30
Phone: (+81) 03-3291-3441
Credit cards: Accepted.
Labels: Japanese.
Bumpodo is the gift shop 23 in the section C3 of our Get Japan map of Tokyo in spring/summer 2015:
Yamagataya-kamiten provides washi traditional paper since 1879! Feel textures, see how you could use them, and get handmade cards, origami sets, artistic/cosplay materials… to offer or create!
Typical prices:
Open: 10:00-18:00 (Sunday and public holidays: closed)
Phone: (+81) 03-3221-7829
Credit cards: Unavailable.
Labels: Japanese.
Yamagataya-kamiten is the gift shop 16 in the section C3 of our Get Japan map of Tokyo in spring/summer 2015: