Kappabashi-dori

After Asakusa, we stopped by Kappabashi-dori, the kitchen supply street. There was store after store with everything you would need for your kitchen or to set up a restaurant -- plates, chopsticks, decorations, tables, chairs, kitchen equipment, signs, and even plastic food.

Outside of most Japanese restaurants, it is traditional to display plastic representations of the dishes on the menu. They can be very realistic. We went into several of these stores and enjoyed seeing the plastic ice cream, glasses of beer, pizza, steak, noodles, etc. Here's a couple of pictures of this unique Japanese item.