# Find my knife | Find your Edge – Japanese knives & Tokyo shops

Four quick questions to find the right Japanese kitchen knife, then the Tokyo specialist shops that sell it. Kappabashi, Tsukiji, Nihonbashi.

An independent guide to Japanese kitchen knives and Tokyo shops, written by locals around Kappabashi and Asakusa.

Answer four questions on the home page (who it is for, what you cut most, budget, care) to get a knife type and the Tokyo shops that carry it. Budget is checked against listed prices on the official online stores of six Tokyo shops; if few match, the runner-up is shown first. The all-purpose explanation (santoku, gyuto) appears only when you choose “a bit of everything”.

Home cooking × A bit of everything → Santoku / Gyuto

Home cooking × Meat → Gyuto / Petty

Home cooking × Fish → Deba / Santoku

Home cooking × Vegetables → Nakiri / Santoku

Cooking hobbyist × A bit of everything → Gyuto / Santoku

Cooking hobbyist × Meat → Gyuto / Sujihiki

Cooking hobbyist × Fish → Deba / Yanagiba

Cooking hobbyist × Vegetables → Nakiri / Bunka

Professional use × A bit of everything → Gyuto / Petty

Professional use × Meat → Sujihiki / Honesuki

Professional use × Fish → Yanagiba / Deba

Professional use × Vegetables → Usuba / Nakiri

A gift × A bit of everything → Santoku / Petty

A gift × Meat → Gyuto / Petty

A gift × Fish → Yanagiba / Deba

A gift × Vegetables → Nakiri / Santoku

## Links

- [How to choose](https://findmyknife.net/en/guides/how-to-choose/)
- [Santoku vs gyuto](https://findmyknife.net/en/compare/santoku-vs-gyuto/)
- [Kappabashi shops](https://findmyknife.net/en/guides/kappabashi/)
- [Shop ranking](https://findmyknife.net/en/shops/)
- [About](https://findmyknife.net/en/about/)

Updated: 2026-11-15

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