Yono-ya Review

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Yono-ya

  • Address: 1-37-10 Asakusa, Taito-ku, Tokyo
  • Phone: 03/3844-1755

Fodor's Review:

Traditional Japanese coiffures and wigs are very complicated, and they require a variety of tools to shape them properly. Tatsumi Minekawa, the current master at Yono-ya—the family line goes back 300 years—deftly crafts and decorates very fine boxwood combs. Some combs are carved with auspicious motifs, such as peonies, hollyhocks, or cranes, and all are engraved with the family benchmark.

  • Open: Daily 10-7; occasionally closed on Wed.
  • Subway: Ginza subway line, Asakusa Station (Exit 1)
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