{"id":569,"date":"2018-01-11T17:14:11","date_gmt":"2018-01-11T08:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tokyogalaxy.ac.jp\/en\/?p=569"},"modified":"2018-01-11T17:14:11","modified_gmt":"2018-01-11T08:14:11","slug":"ubukeya-store-for-knives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tokyogalaxy.ac.jp\/en\/japanese-culture\/ubukeya-store-for-knives","title":{"rendered":"Ubukeya store for knives in Tokyo Ningyocho"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A long-established store \u2018Ubukeya\u2019 with a 200-year history of craftsmanship in Tokyo Ningyocho Ningyocho, a sophisticated district where embraces the history of edo, has many long-established stores. We will introduce Ubukeya that opened in 1783.<br \/>\nUbuke(\u3046\u3076\u6bdb) refers to the soft hair of an infant.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/en\/images\/IMG_4058.jpg\" alt=\"Ubukeya store for knives in Tokyo Ningyocho\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1333\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-572\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/en\/images\/IMG_4049.jpg\" alt=\"Ubukeya store for knives in Tokyo Ningyocho\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-570\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The name of the store came from Kinosuke, the founder of the store, having reputation for making knives that are sharp enough to shave the soft hair of an infant.<br \/>\nUbukeya began operation in Shinmachibashi Osaka in 1783, and opened an Edo store in Nihonbashi Horidomecho in 1800s.<br \/>\nDue to land adjustment, the store got settled in Tokyo Ningyocho in the mid-19th century, the Meiji Period.<br \/>\nUbukeya stocks a range of knives, scissors, nail clippers and more. The store with more than 200 years of history offers high-quality products. Ubukeya operates with a spirit of shokuakindo(\u8077\u5546\u4eba). The word shokuakindo(\u8077\u5546\u4eba) means a craftsman that produces and sells high-quality products that consumers can be satisfied with.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/en\/images\/IMG_4064.jpg\" alt=\"Ubukeya store for knives in Tokyo Ningyocho\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-574\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/en\/images\/IMG_4061.jpg\" alt=\"Ubukeya store for knives in Tokyo Ningyocho\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-573\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Well-cared Knives, scissors and nail clippers can last a lifetime. It could be great to use good quality products like Ubukeya\u2019s that are made for customers\u2019 benefit.<br \/>\nEspecially, cooking is necessary for our healthy life. If you are looking for a good sharp knife, stop by Ubukeya. Explain the use of the knife, and then the staff will show the products that best suit your purpose and explain sincerely. You will be impressed once by the service of Ubukeya, and you\u2019ll be impressed again when you use the knife at home. Because the products are of high quality and expensive, the store repairs the products that were used.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/en\/images\/IMG_4050.jpg\" alt=\"Ubukeya store for knives in Tokyo Ningyocho\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-571\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tokyo Galaxy Japanese Language School students who bought knife from Ubukeya may reminisce about the great time studying abroad in Japan when using the product.<br \/>\nUbukeya is located around Ningyocho Station on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line and the Toei Asakusa Line. It takes 15 to 20 minute by walk from Tokyo Galaxy Japanese Language School.<br \/>\nIf you walk straight and pass Suitengumae Station, you\u2019ll see Ningyocho Station. Ubukeya is located on the roadside between Suitengumae Station and Ningyocho Station.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ningyocho, a sophisticated district where embraces the history of edo, has many long-established stores. We will introduce Ubukeya that opened in 1783 and<br \/>\nUbuke(\u3046\u3076\u6bdb) refers to the soft hair of an infant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":575,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[201,278,300,333,336,451,455,456,474,496],"class_list":["post-569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-japanese-culture","tag-horidomecho","tag-knife","tag-long-established","tag-nihonbashi","tag-ningyocho","tag-tokyo","tag-tokyo-galaxy","tag-tokyo-galaxy-japanese-language-school","tag-ubukeya","tag-well-cared-knives"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tokyogalaxy.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tokyogalaxy.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tokyogalaxy.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tokyogalaxy.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tokyogalaxy.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tokyogalaxy.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tokyogalaxy.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tokyogalaxy.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tokyogalaxy.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tokyogalaxy.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}