Gifts and souvenirs in Tokyo

8 shops with a verified description

Tokyo · Paper and stationery

Haibara

A paper house founded in 1806 that sells washi paper, small envelopes and postcards in the house's own designs. A pad for short letters with illustrations by the artist Takehisa Yumeji costs ¥660, and a pack of five small gift envelopes (pochi-bukuro) ¥495. The shop is above exit B6 of Nihonbashi Station, and is open on weekdays 10:00 to 18:30 and on weekends until 17:30. It is closed on Japan's national holidays.

¥660 · ≈ $4Maps Source

Price checked September 2026

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Tokyo · Paper and stationery

Isetatsu Yanaka

A publisher of chiyogami paper, paper decorated with traditional Japanese patterns, founded in 1864. A pack of 30 sheets measuring 12 by 12 cm, ten patterns in three copies each, costs ¥1,155 in the official online shop, and you cannot choose the patterns. The shop also has envelopes, fans and paper toys. It is open every day, about a five-minute walk from the Dangozaka exit of Sendagi Station.

¥1,155 · ≈ $7Maps Source

Price checked September 2026

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Tokyo · Incense

Kyukyodo Ginza

A house founded in 1663 in Kyoto as a medicinal-herb shop, which began making incense around 1700 and has been in Ginza since 1880. Today it specializes in incense, letter paper, postcards, envelopes for gift money and calligraphy tools. A box of incense sticks starts at about ¥825, and small scent sachets for the wardrobe from ¥176. The main branch in Ginza is open every day 11:00 to 19:00, except 1 to 3 January.

¥825 · ≈ $5Maps Source

Price checked October 2026

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Tokyo · Japanese sweets

Toraya Akasaka

The main store of Toraya, a maker of Japanese sweets whose signature product is yokan, a sweet bar of red bean paste. A box of five small yokan costs ¥1,782. The store is open on weekdays 9:00 to 18:00 and on weekends and holidays from 9:30, and closed on the 6th of every month except December. According to Toraya, sealed yokan keeps at room temperature and can be eaten up to a year after the date on the package.

¥1,782 · ≈ $11Maps Source

Price checked September 2026

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Tokyo · Lacquerware

Kuroeya

A shop for Japanese lacquerware (urushi) that has been in business in Nihonbashi for more than 300 years, and sells bowls, trays and chopsticks from different production regions in Japan. A round personal tray in real lacquer in the Negoro style, made in Yamanaka, costs ¥17,050, and chopsticks cost much less. The shop is on the second floor of the Kuroeya Kokubu Building, about a minute's walk from exit B9 of Nihonbashi Station. It is open only on weekdays 9:00 to 18:00, and closed on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.

¥17,050 · ≈ $108Maps Source

Price checked September 2026

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Tokyo · Knives

Kama-asa Shoten

A kitchenware shop on Kappabashi street, founded in 1908, that sells Japanese knives alongside iron pans, rice pots and sharpening stones. A santoku knife, the all-purpose Japanese knife, starts at about ¥14,700, and most models cost more. The shop engraves a name for free on a knife bought there, and is open every day 11:00 to 17:30, except the last day of the month when it closes at 16:30. Knives go only in checked luggage.

¥14,740 · ≈ $93Maps Source

Price checked November 2026

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Tokyo · Knives

Ubukeya

A blade shop in business since 1783 that makes and sells knives, scissors and tweezers. Hair tweezers with a tip 2 mm wide cost ¥4,400, and scissors and kitchen knives cost much more. The shop is open 9:00 to 18:00, on Saturdays until 17:00, and closed on Sundays and holidays, and it also takes in tools for maintenance and repair. Knives and large scissors go only in checked luggage.

¥4,400 · ≈ $28Maps Source

Price checked September 2026

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Tokyo · Textiles

Kamawanu Daikanyama

The first Kamawanu shop, opened in 1987, which permanently stocks more than 250 patterns of tenugui, a thin cotton towel that you can also use for wrapping or hang as decoration. Most of the towels cost ¥1,430, and there are also furoshiki cloths for wrapping gifts. The shop is open 11:00 to 19:00, on Sundays until 18:00, and closed on Tuesdays. Kamawanu also has a branch in Asakusa, which is also closed on Tuesdays.

¥1,430 · ≈ $9Maps Source

Price checked September 2026

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