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title: Takayanagi Tofu Shop
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# Takayanagi Tofu Shop

Places we stopped along the way　/　Chuo, Tokyo

An old-fashioned neighborhood tofu shop on a back street in Ningyocho. Under the green awning, the chilled case holds firm and silken tofu, fried tofu, ganmodoki and natto, and the copper-clad second-floor wall has gone green with age. The shop also supplies restaurants nearby. The just-made tofu went into my morning miso soup.

1-8-10 Nihonbashi-Ningyocho, Chuo, Tokyo

## This moment in the journey: The neighborhood tofu shop

I walked down a sunlit street to the tofu shop, a small place with a green awning. In the chilled case out front sat firm and silken tofu, fried tofu and ganmodoki, each with a red price tag. It is a popular shop that also supplies restaurants in the neighborhood.

The second-floor wall was clad in copper sheets gone green with age, with a ventilation pipe poking out. Across the Sumida River, high-rises stood in a row and the water sparkled. I like how time moves slowly and peacefully here.

![A small tofu shop with a green awning](https://karigurashijourney.com/img/tokyo-nagaya/s23-1200.jpg)
- Sources: https://kinarino.jp/cat8/32831
- Sources: https://www.city.chuo.lg.jp/a0052/bunkakankou/bunka/kyodoshiryokan/kindai_kentikubutu_tyousa/kindai29.html

Read this scene in the full journey: https://karigurashijourney.com/en/episodes/tokyo-nagaya/