LINK
http://washokufood.blogspot.jp/2008/04/ameyoko.html
Asakusa KAPPABASHI 東京都 かっぱばし/ かっぱ河 / 合羽橋
where you can buy all kinds of wax or plastic replica food.
They are used by restaurants and shops to decorate their windows and inform customers about their dishes. This is very useful for foreigners to see what is served in a restaurant.
. . . CLICK here for Photos !
. Kappadera かっぱ寺 Kappa temple - 曹源寺 Sogen-Ji .
and the legend of Kappa Kawataro Kihachi.
道具街, the kitchen district
In Kappabashi, they also sell all the equipment and utensils you need for a restaurant and kitchen, pots and pans, chopsticks and plates ... you name it.
Gujo Hachiman Town 郡上八幡 in Gifu is a famous producer of these food replicas. There are still four factories which produce these plastic items.
Iwasaki Mokei in Gujo was one of the first to produce these sample foods since 1932.
Kappabashi-dori, also known just as
Kappabashi (Japanese: 合羽橋) or Kitchen Town,
is a street in Tokyo between Ueno and Asakusa which is almost entirely populated with shops supplying the restaurant trade.
- reference - Kappabashi -
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Soogenji 曹源寺 Sogen-Ji
3 Chome-7-2 Matsugaya, Taito
naminori kappa 波乗り河童 Kappa riding the waves
Kappa Daimyojin 河童大明神 Great Deity Kappa
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The Folklore of Kappa-dera Temple
According to a legend,
at the beginning of the 19th century there lived in the vicinity a raincoat maker named Kappa Kawataro 合羽川太郎（合羽屋喜八 Kappaya Kihachi）. In Japanese the word for"raincoat"is also "kappa". This region was once a basin with poor drainage, therefore rain would often bring floods causing undue trouble for the residents. Because of this, Kawataro began the construction of a series of drainage ditches with his own finances.The project was said to have been completed only with the assistance of the kappa living in the Sumida River whom had been helped by Kawataro in the past.
It is said that those who actually witnessed the river kappa thrived in business.
This legend is the origin of the name "Kappa-dera".
Furthermore,the name of "Kappabashi" (a bridge that once stood at the Kappabashi intersection) is also said to come from this legend.
At the temple they celebrate the Kappa Daimyojin 河童大明神 and there is a stone monument that is said to be Kappa Kawataro's grave.
かっぱのぎーちゃん
source : blog.shinobi.jp
The Kappa riding the waves is now an amulet for good business.
- Homepage of the temple
- source : www.sogenji.jp
http://washokufood.blogspot.jp/2008/04/ameyoko.html
Asakusa KAPPABASHI 東京都 かっぱばし/ かっぱ河 / 合羽橋
where you can buy all kinds of wax or plastic replica food.
They are used by restaurants and shops to decorate their windows and inform customers about their dishes. This is very useful for foreigners to see what is served in a restaurant.
. . . CLICK here for Photos !
. Kappadera かっぱ寺 Kappa temple - 曹源寺 Sogen-Ji .
and the legend of Kappa Kawataro Kihachi.
道具街, the kitchen district
In Kappabashi, they also sell all the equipment and utensils you need for a restaurant and kitchen, pots and pans, chopsticks and plates ... you name it.
Gujo Hachiman Town 郡上八幡 in Gifu is a famous producer of these food replicas. There are still four factories which produce these plastic items.
Iwasaki Mokei in Gujo was one of the first to produce these sample foods since 1932.
Kappabashi-dori, also known just as
Kappabashi (Japanese: 合羽橋) or Kitchen Town,
is a street in Tokyo between Ueno and Asakusa which is almost entirely populated with shops supplying the restaurant trade.
- reference - Kappabashi -
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
..............................................................................................................................................
Soogenji 曹源寺 Sogen-Ji
3 Chome-7-2 Matsugaya, Taito
naminori kappa 波乗り河童 Kappa riding the waves
Kappa Daimyojin 河童大明神 Great Deity Kappa
quote
The Folklore of Kappa-dera Temple
According to a legend,
at the beginning of the 19th century there lived in the vicinity a raincoat maker named Kappa Kawataro 合羽川太郎（合羽屋喜八 Kappaya Kihachi）. In Japanese the word for"raincoat"is also "kappa". This region was once a basin with poor drainage, therefore rain would often bring floods causing undue trouble for the residents. Because of this, Kawataro began the construction of a series of drainage ditches with his own finances.The project was said to have been completed only with the assistance of the kappa living in the Sumida River whom had been helped by Kawataro in the past.
It is said that those who actually witnessed the river kappa thrived in business.
This legend is the origin of the name "Kappa-dera".
Furthermore,the name of "Kappabashi" (a bridge that once stood at the Kappabashi intersection) is also said to come from this legend.
At the temple they celebrate the Kappa Daimyojin 河童大明神 and there is a stone monument that is said to be Kappa Kawataro's grave.
かっぱのぎーちゃん
source : blog.shinobi.jp
The Kappa riding the waves is now an amulet for good business.
- Homepage of the temple
- source : www.sogenji.jp
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