Comments on: Tip! Buying cooking knives in Japan

By: Danisidhe

Danisidhe — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 08:20:29 +0000

I'm not sure if we are actuallythinking of the same stores, though there is a map in the post lol. The photo of the Union Commerce shop is ALL there is to the sjop – it's about 4 square metres of space!
If Tsubaya is the shop I mentioned across the road from Union, then thankyou for the name, but I think we must be talking about different shops because the shop across the road from Union looked, from the street, to be much bigger than Union…

By: Cyril

Cyril — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 03:41:31 +0000

I would add that in front of Union commerce on the other side of the street there is ??? Tsubaya, another knife shop.
At each of my travel in Japan, I get my knife from Tsubaya.
I find Union a little too big and commercial.

By: Danisidhe

Danisidhe — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:24:51 +0000

Mine were going in and out of their boxes till about a month ago when my block finally arrived. I ordered a magnetic one online but it ended up going to Canada first and got stuck in customs for two weeks! It work beautifully for my Mac knives but def does not fit 10 knives (unless they mean 10 pairing knives)! http://www.cutleryandmore.com/details.asp?SKU=1...

back in their boxes in a few weeks, though, for the trip back to Sydney…

By: Shane

Shane — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:12:11 +0000

I think of you every time I pull out my Kasumi's – love 'em to bits but they are still in their protective “velvet” storage boxes as I haven't found the right knife block yet. My knifes will be a “souvenir” that I will enjoy for years to come and I have zero regrets about the expense and great memories of our girls weekend!

By: Danisidhe

Danisidhe — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 02:24:51 +0000

back in their boxes in a few weeks, though, for the trip back to Sydney…

By: Shane

Shane — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:12:11 +0000

By: Danielle

Danielle — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:08:11 +0000

Oh thank you! I guess I was being taught something which would work but was in keeping with where we were in our lessons! Or I just remembered it wrong. I’ll fix it straight away!

And thank you also for the compliments I hope your friends get some use from the blog!

By: Kats Konishi

Kats Konishi — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:39:44 +0000

Great article! I’m often in the Kappabashi area, but I don’t really know much about knives so your article was very informative. I’ll use the info next time I take my friends visiting Japan from overseas and I’ll direct them to your site before they arrive in Japan.

One comment/correction (I hope I’m not being a jerk) on the “Handy Japanese Phrases” section. “Mite o kudasai” might be understood, but it actually means something like “Please look at this” (technically the grammar is a bit off as well) instead of “Please show me.” “Please show me” would be “Misete kudasai” (no ‘o’ necessary). ['Mite' is 'Look", while 'Misete' is 'Show me'] Hope that helps.

By: hp88 (twitter)

hp88 (twitter) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:16:35 +0000

This is a great and informative article, thank you, one to bookmark! There is also one of the established Kappabashi family businesses that has a shop in Hiro-o that sells knives if you don’t want to go all the way to Kappabashi. It is in one of the side streets near the organic shop (sorry can’t be more specific!).