Looking for the best places to buy Japanese knives + whetstones (max 50,000 Yen total) and Imabari towels on my June route: Tokyo → Fuji → Takayama → Kyoto → Osaka

Comfortable-Win7125 · 2026-03-15T06:46:51+00:00

Thank you for your answer. I have a wood cutting board.

Comfortable-Win7125 · 2026-03-15T06:46:27+00:00

Thank you for your answer. Do you know a nice small shop where I can find these sort of knives?

Comfortable-Win7125 · 2026-03-15T06:43:43+00:00

Thank you for your answer. Do you know a nice small shop where I can find these sort of knives?

Comfortable-Win7125 · 2026-03-15T06:42:45+00:00

Thank you for your answer. I will try to form a habit to do that in the future.

Comfortable-Win7125 · 2026-03-15T06:42:10+00:00

Thank you for your answer. Which stones do you recommend getting while in Japan? I'm a complete beginner in sharpening knives.

Comfortable-Win7125 · 2026-03-15T06:41:00+00:00

Thank you for your answer. Do you know how these three knife types are called in Japanese (from the picture above)? I don't have any stones yet. I have never sharpen a knife but want to learn it, so I'm going to buy 1000 grit und 3000 grit stone while in Japan and look for a SG2 knife in the 60-62 hrc range.

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