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Kakimori

Kuramae, Tokyo

Kakimori, Kuramae, Tokyo
Photo: コヨミヤ / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Kakimori is the stationery shop that made Kuramae a destination: you pick covers, paper, rings and closures from the shelves and the staff bind a custom notebook on the spot. Fountain pens and inks fill the rest of the room.

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Rows of coloured ink bottles on the mixing counter of the ink stand at Kakimori, Kuramae
Photo: Cambodia4kids.org Beth Kanter from California, USA / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
Two made-to-order notebooks with fabric covers and ring bindings from Kakimori in Kuramae
Photo: Cambodia4kids.org Beth Kanter from California, USA / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
Nearest station Kuramae (Toei Oedo Line)
Cost ¥¥
Time needed 1 hour
Best time Weekday afternoons
Rainy day

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Allow time for choosing, and expect a wait at the binding counter at weekends. Closed Mondays, including holidays.

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What's on near Kakimori

Upcoming events within a ten-minute walk of Kakimori, from the weekly Tokyo events calendar.

Festival Free

Torigoe Matsuri

鳥越祭

5 to 6 Jun (dates to be confirmed) Torigoe Shrine, Kuramae

Station Kuramae (Toei Asakusa Line, Toei Oedo Line), 7 min walk

Neighbourhood festival built around Tokyo's heaviest mikoshi, a 4-ton portable shrine carried through the backstreets between Kuramae and Asakusabashi. The Sunday night return to the shrine, lit by lanterns, is the highlight; held on the weekend closest to June 9.

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Nearby

Torigoe Shrine Shrine · 2 min walk Torigoe Shrine is an old shrine said to date from 651, on the south-west edge of Kuramae, and the home of the Torigoe Matsuri in early June, when its... Tsurunoyu Sento · 4 min walk Tsurunoyu is an old temple-style sento between Asakusabashi and Kuramae, with a coffered ceiling, a small garden and mosaic tile pictures. Kuramae Shrine Shrine · 7 min walk Kuramae Shrine is a neighbourhood shrine founded in 1693, when the shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi brought the deity of Iwashimizu Hachimangu here to... Kuramae Bridge Landmark · 9 min walk Kuramae Bridge is a 1927 steel arch bridge over the Sumida River, built in the rebuilding after the Great Kanto Earthquake and painted yellow for the... Japanese Sword Museum Museum · 10 min walk The Japanese Sword Museum belongs to the Society for Preservation of Japanese Art Swords and shows rotating exhibitions of national-treasure-grade... Dandelion Chocolate Kuramae Cafe · 10 min walk Dandelion Chocolate, San Francisco's bean-to-bar maker, set up in a renovated warehouse in Kuramae.

Around Kuramae

Makers, roasters and old granaries on the Sumida, a short walk from Asakusa

Kuramae takes its name from the shogunate's rice granaries that once lined this stretch of the Sumida, and it's spent the last fifteen years turning a quarter of small workshops and wholesalers into Tokyo's quietest creative district. Come for custom notebooks, bean-to-bar chocolate, one of the world's top roasters across the river, and two old shrines with sumo and festival history.

Kuramae has 7 places on the Roam Tokyo map: 2 cafes, 2 shrines and temples, 1 shop, 1 landmark and 1 bathhouse. Read the Kuramae guide.

Good to know

How do I get to Kakimori?
The nearest station is Kuramae (Toei Oedo Line). Kakimori is in Kuramae, Tokyo.
How much does Kakimori cost?
Kakimori is mid-range, marked ¥¥ on the site's price scale.
How long do you need at Kakimori?
Plan for 1 hour.
When is the best time to visit Kakimori?
Weekday afternoons.

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Median US$184 a night across 60 listings within 0.6 km for a two-night stay a month out, sampled 29 September 2026. Cheapest quarter under US$141. See the weekly index for every neighbourhood.