Jeepney Press / Lala Lopez de Leon

FOOTNOTES by Lala Lopez de Leon

Walk with me: Asakusa to Kappabashi

Sunday - October 11, 2020

The sun was a little bit shy… and it looked like rain any moment then. But I needed to go out and buy a new pot, and a frying pan, again. I had burnt a frying pan – the second one in five months! I really must drop everything and be all eyes on my cooking next time. Sigh!

If you’re in the restaurant business, or a serious stay-home housewife, you would know where to go for your kitchenware, dinnerware needs. Kappabashi, where else? I’m neither, but I was looking for cheap and didn’t mind the long walk to get what I wanted!

So, despite the lousy weather, I stepped out and headed for Asakusa, and walked to Kappabashi! I haven’t been taking public transportation – not as often as before. I work from home now, like more than half of the working population in Tokyo, probably. And, I needed the exercise, and was excited to find out if I could beat the last reading on the pedometer app on my IPhone!

Just a few shops are open on Sundays, as I realized that day.

But, voila! Exactly the place I was looking for! Got my pot and pan so quickly!

There’s more to see along this street! If there were more shops open, I just know I could spend hours and hours here!

I’m definitely coming back to Kappabashi! But on a Saturday next time.

Ah, what a day! And for the finale…a stopover for merienda at Funawa for its famous sweet potato cake Imo Youkan.

I don’t know about the calories…but, I had a good reading on the pedometer. Total 6,908 steps. Not bad, not bad at all! Till the next walking tour!