JAPANESE KNIVES - Shopping in Tokyo! 🇯🇵

Ever considered buying yourself a high quality Japanese knife? Let us take you to Kappabashi, Tokyo's town dedicated to kitchenware, where we'll explore various shops, including a local Japanese knife store. This time we'll introduce a family owned business that started in Sakai, Osaka, that produce incredibly beautiful & sharp Japanese cooking knives!

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Japan by Artisan

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Video edited by Julian

CHAPTERS
00:00 Kappabashi - Kitchen Town
1:16 Plastic Food Store
2:34 Ceramics Store
3:37 Chopsticks Store
4:34 Knife Store
7:55 Travelling to Osaka!
8:13 Knife Factory Tour
14:34 Q&A
17:14 Studio
17:47 Sharpening the knife!
18:24 Slicing
19:00 KickStarter

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[IanFarquharson]

Best video for a while. Only so much street food you can do.

[pham]

Sarah, loved your knife interview. Gentleman is a true artist. This kind of quality is hard to find these days. Thanks.

[andya]

Love Sarah's enthusiasm. Such positive energy!

[furui]

I visited Sakai last year and visited the Craftsmanship museum and Takada no Hamono. Both places were really cool and Takada san even allowed me to film while he explained his process. While I was there Tanaka san dropped off some of his blank forgings. Everyone was very nice and the craftsmanship is impressive.

[coolbrotherf]

My aunt got me a fancy Japanese knife for Christmas and it's great.

[KirkKiyosadaTome]

Fascinating. Also, I wanted to compliment Sarah on her Japanese. It's very good, especially her 敬語! Thanks for another fun episode!

[cheyennemoore]

I loved seeing the people behind the craft. They really put so much work into it. Almost makes me want to be a blacksmith but I couldn't do the labor required. So cool. I definitely want one when I can afford it.

[kellyscott]

Always interesting to watch talented artisans at work and the knives are real works of art.

Loved this style of video and Sarah always does a great job.

[Highwind]

This has been really interesting to watch and learn more about the different types knives out there. Thank you TC for this educational video! 🙇‍♂

[manuelmacalinao]

Best episode yet since i love to cook.

[chiefbosnmate]

Luv the plastic foods, the best practical joke for the office fridge! Excellent episode !

[Enoxix.]

When my Dad and I were in Kyoto, we went to this very small chopstick shop. They sold very cool chopsticks there and we bought a set for my mum. Even the box it came in looked so amazing!

[Taurusus]

Sarah, how did you know I wanted to find an artisan knife while I was in Japan and that I was going to Sensou-Ji Temple _tomorrow?_ So kind of TC to release this one just in time!

[annunakian]

Seerasan has the coolest accent in the world 🇦🇺

[じゃが天丼]

Thank you very much for your posting☺
It is valuable opportunity for you to learn how to make Japanese knives👍

[kirseitis]

After seeing this, it´s not hard to understand why a quality knife from Japan costs a lot of money in Denmark, where I´m at. Was very interesting to watch.

[diyanfonseka]

The way you handled some of those knives honestly made me quite uneasy ngl 😂

[tiff.jaadaa]

Amazing what a small hand made knife factory ❤

[AndrewWorkshop]

I've bought a knife from Tower Knives in Osaka, one from a local shop in Hiroshima owned buy a lovely elderly couple. He even showed me how he sharpens knives, was a cool experience. The last knife I bought was from a tool shop in Asakusa, best deal instead of buying from one of the more well known knife shops, they are still pricy but worth every dollar if you want a good kitchen knife. If you want a razor sharp kitchen knife, Japanese knives are the way to go! Awesome video and cool part of Tokyo!

[gabemik]

This was the area I visited to get me special knife. Loved all of the extra info here. You did miss a shot of a building that was a favorite of my friends, the Niimi Building with teacup balconies on the corner of Shinbori and 463.