You can't know a real blade until you hold it. So we built a shop you experience with your hands — not a display case you look at.
Every knife and every piece of tableware in our stores can be picked up, felt, and tried — because a real blade, and a real vessel, only reveal themselves in the hand.
Balance, weight, the way the handle sits against your palm — these decide whether a knife becomes yours. Pick up anything on the wall. With ceramics, feel the weight and the glaze.
Reading a spec sheet tells you numbers. Drawing an edge through a cutting sponge tells you the truth. Feel how each blade bites and releases — hygienically, on a fresh sponge — before you commit.
We don't offer a re-sharpening service — that's on purpose. A professional's blade is maintained by its owner. So we hand you a whetstone and teach you, so the edge stays yours to keep alive. Free in-store lessons, plus hands-on sharpening events at both stores.
Our staff come from the food business. Tenpos has equipped Japan's restaurants for decades, so the person helping you has stood where you stand. Ask anything — in English and other languages.
Knives can't go in carry-on. We protect-pack everything for checked luggage.
Can't carry it all? We can pack and ship blades and ceramics home.
Add your name in kanji, katakana or roman letters before you go.