It's a famous street full of houseware things — like kitchen stuff!

ファンの方に教えてもらいました！

So some of you recommended it and we are checking it out today!

いいね！

Oh boy!

小田急線は都心へのアクセスに優れています

[Life in Japan Theme Song]

今日は東京スカイツリーの近くにある 調理器具の問屋街を訪ねます

One of the great things about where we live is how easily we can get to Tokyo and its many wards via the Odakyu train line.

ルースの反応が楽しみです

Today we're going to the far side of Tokyo, near Tokyo SkyTree,

お財布の紐が緩むかもしれません

We've heard about a street that sells anything and everything you need for the kitchen.

巨大なコップとシェフが見えます！

We haven't ever been there before, so I'm excited to see how Ruth will respond,

いい感じ！

and a bit curious about how much she might spend.

行くわよ！

That's cool! Look at all those cups on that building— the chef up there. They are ready for us.

ルースの本気です！

They are ready! And I am ready!

収納があったら欲しいわ 鍋は大好き！

Ruth's like "Let me at 'em!"

欲しい物が沢山！

If I had more space, I would buy them because they're beautiful! And I love hot pot.

木製の物が大好き！

Oh my goodness, there's so many amazing things!

どうしよう！

It's all wood, and I love wood stuff.

こういう道具もいいわね

Oh man, I could use a new...Oh man!

今日は何か買うかな？

I don't need this stuff, but I want this stuff.

もちろん！

I wonder if you'll end up buying something and what you will buy.

- 触らないで - 鞄に気を付けて

Oh, I will buy!

- いいね！ - ランチプレートね

Don't touch. Don't touch, watch the bags!

すごいわ！

So cool! This is a lunch plate!

ボートよ！

Oh my goodness!

ケーキ用の型ね

Look, it's a boat!

このお店見るわ

This is all paper crafts for cakes and stuff.

- コーヒーショップで使えそう - そうね！

Oh, we're going in here!

いいね

This is awesome stuff for the coffee shop, you know? I know!

どんなお店？

Very cool.

ケーキやチョコの型が沢山揃っているわ

What kind of stuff do they have here?

プラスチックの型は便利そう

They have all the molds for making cakes and chocolates, and for packaging them for selling them.

包装用のグッズも色々あるわ

They have all the plastic molds, which are amazing. That's cool.

ミニチーズケーキを作って デコレーションの上から蓋できる

And all the packaging, like all the paper-wrapping stuff and cup-cakey things.

焼肉！

I mean, look, I could make a mini-cheesecakes in this and put a swirl on top with a lemon and still fit a lid!

一人用の焼肉セットね

Yakiniku! Very cool! Oh my.

焼肉用品です

For your own little Yakiniku place. Oh man, Yakiniku and all kinds of awesome stuff!

お店毎にユニークな専門があります

Great! Really interesting.

沢山のお店がありますが

The more stores we enter, the more we can see how each store has it's own speciality or niche.

お店毎に違った専門があります

Yes, you see lots of the same things thought the many stores,

新しい発見の連続です

but almost all the stores are centered around a theme or service.

看板屋さんです

Just when you thought you've seen it all, something unique comes along.

- おっと - どうしよう！

Get your signs! Oh, very cool.

- クッキーカッターです - 次のクリスマスに使いたい！

Uh oh! Oh my freaky freaky!

パズルみたいに出来るわ

Ruth found cookie-cutters. I want this one for next Christmas!

買うわ

It cuts out, and you put it together like a puzzle!

これはもう…

I'm buying this.

天国！

Oh boy, look, it's just... Heaven!

今日最初の買い物です

OK Ruth, she got her first purchase

- そうね - 包丁屋さん

I did - at a knife shop.

でもクッキーカッター

But it was a cookie-cutter at a knife shop.

プラスチックよ

Oh, these are plastic.

ルースが時間と戦っています

Ruth's like "we got to keep an eye on the time because it just might get away."

キッチンワールド

Kitchen world!

和食に関するお店のようです

This is like "Washyoku" — for Japanese kind of dishes.

これも欲しいわ

I want these. Oh yes!

- 何を探してる？ - お椀

What are you looking for? A bowl.

沢山の品揃えです

Look at all of this though, wow. But I want a bowl that matches this or this.

これに合うお椀が欲しいわ

I think you can probably find it here.

見つかるかもね

Wouldn't that be a pretty solid bowl? Yeah, that is pretty. Very cool.

- いいお椀じゃない？ - そうだね

It will go good with my white. It does white and blue.

- いい感じの白 - 白と青だね

The choice is yours — what do you get? Oh my goodness!

選択肢が沢山あります すごいです！

I wonder if these can go in the microwave?

電子レンジに入れられる？

I kind of like this, huh?

これいいわね

That and that.

あれも

What would I serve on this? Carrot sticks?

何を出す？人参スティック？

I could serve fish on this Yeah

魚とかいいかも

Oh, this is so pretty.

可愛い

A beautiful bowl and plate, and Ruth has found her next purchase.

お椀とお皿を購入しました

Now what did we get?

何を買った？

Well I got some beautiful bowls... How much did it run you?

綺麗なお椀よ

Well one bowl and one tray... Oh yes, very nice.

お椀を1個とトレイも

It ran me ¥3,000

3千円よ

Little did we know, we were about to discover one of Ruth's favorite stores.

次のお店は ルースが大好きな分野でした

Cake supplies, cake supplies! Oh my goodness, cake supplies.

ケーキ用品です！すごい！

I really want one of these, but I want a little bigger mold.

これが欲しいけど もう少し大きいといいわ

Which one? Oh my goodness, Ruth!

どれにする？

Oh!

イースターバニーもある！ 少し落ち着かないと

They have the Easter Bunny. I'm going to wait, just wait. I'm not sure about that yet.

どうしよう！見て！

Oh my goodness, look at this!

すごい

Oh my goodness.

ここまで来ると拷問ね

This is like torture! It's torture?!

アイシング

For icing...

我が家の必需品 ピザカッター

A pizza cutter, very important for the Reutter family.

ピザカッターとフロスティングバッグ シリコン製の型

I'm getting a pizza cutter, frosting bags and a silicone little ball mold.

いいね

Nice. Nice.

渡る？

Cross? Cross.

反対側にもお店があります

There's a whole other side of the road that we haven't seen yet!

どう？

Well...

何時間でも過ごせるし 買いたい物がありすぎるわ！

Well I could spend hours upon hours And hundreds of dollars!

さっきのお店だね

And hundreds!

次はここ

There's where you were... just in there.

食品サンプルです！

And now back over here.

オーダー出来るわ

All the plastic food that they show in the windows!

既製品から選ぶ事も出来るね

You can bring yours in and have it made like it.

今日はルースが主役ですが 僕もいます！

That's right. Or you just find something like what you want to sell.

- 次にお母さんが来日したら来ようか？ - そうね！

I need to register my presence here, otherwise you won't know that I was actually with you.

- ジョアンはお椀が好きよね - そうだね

So you think I should bring my mom here?

美しいです

Oh definitely.

見て

Joanne loves little bowls. My mom does love little bowls.

これも綺麗ね

There's some beautiful bowls... Oh look at that one.

これもいいね

I got one though that I really like.

東京には かっぱ橋道具街のように 特定のテーマの専門店街がいくつかあります

I like that one. Oh! Beautiful.

スカイツリーの近所です

I love that Tokyo, and other places in Japan, have entire streets and areas dedicated to one particular thing,

オンラインショッピングとは違った ユニークな体験が出来ます

just like Kappabashi Dori is for kitchenware.

このお店は…

In a world where so much is done online, it's refreshing to be able to shop little stores and find unique things.

小さな弁当箱！

OK- so they have—just look at those little bento boxes!!

一つ買ってみるわ

I'm about to buy one just to have one!

頭はおにぎり！

It's a rice bowl on the head! So cool.

- 買ってもいい？ - もちろん！

Oh, I might need to. Should I just buy one? Just do it? Sure.

ルースが好きそうな雰囲気です

This looks just like Ruth's style here, this store.

- 小さいのもいいわね - アイスクリームスクープ？

Sometimes I want a tiny little... Ice cream scoop?

カップケーキに使うの

Yeah, but I use them for cupcake dough.

- 電車賃まで使わないで！ - パスモ チャージしたから大丈夫

Save some money to get home! I charged my PASMO before we came.

文字通りウィンドウショッピングです

We're literally window shopping — that's what was in the window.

ストラップ付きね！

Oh, it's got it's own strap!

大きい方を買うわ

I'm going to get the bigger one.

いいね

There we go.

お買い上げです

Time for the next purchase.

沢山買ったね！

Well, more purchases in that bag!

大きなバックで来てよかったわ

Good thing I brought my large Life in Japan bag!

こっちも持つわ

I'll take this one. It's full, oh my!

バックが2個！

Bag 2!

- どうしよう！ - また寄り道しそうです

Oh my goodness! Oh boy, we didn't even make it one store past...

新幹線のトレイ！

Bullet train trays

姪っ子や甥っ子に これでご飯出したらどうかしら？

Can you imagine if I had a set of those and whenever the little nieces and nephews came over, I fed them on that!?

毎日 私のご飯食べたくなるかも！

They would want to eat at my house everyday.

値段はどうかしら 氷は入れられる？

If they weren't so expensive—I wonder if you can put ice inside of it?

どうだった？

So what did you think there?

最高よ！何時間でも過ごせるわ！

Oh my goodness, I could have spent hours and hours and hours

ジョシュアのお迎えが無かったら

But it's probably a good thing that I have to pick Joshua up from school

夜まで買い物しちゃいそう

Because otherwise we would just be here until nightfall.

いくら使ったと思う？

How much do you think you spent?

1万5千円位かしら？

Probably ¥15,000.

帰ったら計算してみよう！

¥15,000 — we'll see when we get home. About.

- 沢山買ったわよ！ - 見てごらん！

I bought a lot of stuff! Look what Mommy got today!

沢山あるね！

A lot of stuff, Dude!

- 合計は？ - これは同じ位ね

Add up the total... Those two are almost exactly the same cost.

あら！

Ah! Just a little over ¥10,000! Just that, huh?

約1万円！

I should have shopped some more! Oh boy!

予想より安い！

Well now I know what I can go back and do. You did done good!

もう少し買えたわ！

Thanks to everyone who suggested that we go to Kappabashi Dori, what a great suggestion. We had a great time.

使うのが楽しみ！

Is there anywhere else we should check out? Please comment below.

かっぱ橋をお勧めして下さったみなさん ありがとうございました！

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It really does help. And until next time, we'll see you on Life in Japan. Bye bye!

私達の励みになります！ また次回 お会いしましょう！