【An Afternoon Shopping Trip in Kanda Exploring Calligraphy Supplies, Paper Books Disappeared from the World, Coffee, and Curry】

【An Afternoon Shopping Trip in Kanda Exploring Calligraphy Supplies, Paper Books Disappeared from the World, Coffee, and Curry】
A Kanda guide created for liberal arts students and those who want to master Japanese culture.

☕️ SENDAI-Kaffee Senshu University Kanda Campus Building 10
🏖️ Atmosphere/Facilities: A café on the university campus where you can have breakfast at the bakery. Enjoy a good morning with hand-dripped coffee made from coffee beans with sharp richness.
📍 Location: 3 Chome−4−1 Kanda Jinbocho, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 101-0051

📕 Nohgaku Shorin Co., Ltd.
🏖️ Atmosphere/Facilities: A specialty store for traditional Japanese performing arts supplies.
Practice books and chant books for each Noh school. Tabi socks, fans, and practice tools for Noh training.
⭐️ Online store available
🕰️ Business hours: 10:00-17:00 (Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri)
Closed: Wed, Sat, Sun, Holidays
📍 Location: 3 Chome-6 Kanda Jinbocho, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 101-0051

🖌️ Gyokusen-dō Tamagawado
🏖️ Description: A long-established calligraphy supply store
“We offer all items related to calligraphy culture, including brushes, ink, inkstones, and paper.
Especially, Tamagawado branded brushes are comfortable brushes supported by craftsmen’s skills continuing since the Edo period, and orders come not only from Japan but also from customers in China, Korea, the US, and Europe.
Not only famous calligraphers and painters of successive generations but also literary masters since Bakin Takizawa, political and business circles, and schools from elementary to university nationwide have long loved our products.
The types of these branded brushes number in the hundreds, and we also accept custom brush orders.”
⭐️ Online store available
📍 Location: 3 Chome−3 Kanda Jinbocho, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 101-0051

🖌️ Santaken Japanese Calligraphy Materials
🏖️ Description: Santaken was established in 1973 as the purchasing department of the Japan Calligraphy Education Society, founded by the late Mr. Saiki Ishibashi, former president of the Japan Calligraphy Education Society, based on the idea that “calligraphy production starts with appropriate tools and materials,” and responding to strong requests from those studying by correspondence nationwide.
Since then, we have been selling a comprehensive range of the four treasures of the study of calligraphy with the policy of selecting products from the writer’s perspective.
Under the guidance of teachers, we confidently recommend original products specially made by manufacturers, including brushes, paper, and ink.
In addition, we have a rich selection of calligraphy-related books from our company and other publishers, including famous long-established brands. We meet a wide range of needs from beginners to experts.”
⭐️ Online store available
🕰️ Business hours: 10 AM–6:30 PM
📍 Location: 2 Chome-2-3 Nishikanda, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 101-0065

📕 Yaguchi Bookstore
🏖️ Atmosphere/Facilities: A used bookstore mainly handling Japanese old books related to theater. Occasionally, scripts for old dramas, TV programs, radio program theater performances used and annotated by popular Japanese actresses and famous actors can be found.
📍 Location: 2 Chome-5-1 Kanda Jinbocho, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 101-0051

📕 Italia Shobo
🏖️ Atmosphere/Facilities: “Italia Shobo is Japan’s first foreign bookstore specializing in books from Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Latin America, founded in 1958.
The headquarters is located in Kanda Jinbocho, famous as a book town. There is a branch, ITALIA SHOBO FIRENZE, in Florence, Italy.
The president published the first Japanese-Italian dictionary, ‘Wa-I Jiten’ (by Hisashi Takahashi) in 1982 and received the Yoshikawa Eiji Cultural Award.”
⭐️ Online store available
📍 Location: 2 Chome−23 Kanda Jinbocho, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 101-0051

🍛 Curry Bondy
Curry rice with a focus on fond de veau, coffee, and baked apple with restrained sweetness for dessert.
🕰️ Business hours: Mon–Fri 11:00–21:30 (Last order 21:00)
Sat–Sun & Holidays 10:30–22:00 (Last order 21:30)
📍 Location: Kanda Used Book Center Building, 2nd floor, 2 Chome-3-3 Kanda Jinbocho, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 101-0051

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