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Nihonbashi Saruya Honten

Choose a small kuromoji toothpick gift at the current Honten. Check seasonal boxes and the timing of custom orders.

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Choose the small wooden tool

Saruya shapes kuromoji wood into toothpicks individually by hand. Its very fine picks, broader kuromoji forms and personalised or seasonal boxes call for different uses. Decide whether the recipient will serve sweets with tea or use them at the table before choosing the gift.

WHERE · On foot from here

Which side of the station, and how far

South-east of Mitsukoshimae Station, about 150 m in a straight line from the station point. The position is the official address point and may differ from the entrance. The shaded areas are about 5 and 10 minutes on foot from here.

1Nihonbashi Saruya Honten日本橋さるや本店Mitsukoshimae三越前駅Shin-Nihombashi新日本橋駅Ozu Washi~5 min100 mN12NihonbashiSaruya Honten日本橋さるや本店Mitsukoshimae三越前駅Shin-Nihombashi新日本橋駅Ozu WashiKuroeya~5 min250 mN
This place · official address point (≈45 m)About 5 · 10 min on foot from here (computed, approximate)Read together

Read together

  1. 1Ozu Washi
  2. 2Kuroeya

Walking bands are computed by FOW on the OpenStreetMap surface street network at 80 m/min and drawn as a smoothed approximate area around the streets reached. They ignore exit positions, station interiors, underground passages, signals, slopes and routes inside buildings — not directions; follow on-site signs.

Map data: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Walking bands: computed by FOW · Station and gate notes: official guidance

Use the Muromachi Honten

The current Honten is at Muromachi 1-12-5, separate from the old Koamicho address. Hours are weekdays 10:00–17:00 and Saturday 12:00–17:00, closed Sunday and public holidays. This is shopping for available products, rather than a hands-on craft workshop.

Check the box and lead time

Zodiac boxes are seasonal year-end and New Year products and can sell out. Do not expect the exact design from an old article. Personalised naming follows a production schedule rather than guaranteed while-you-wait service. Decide whether the gift must leave with you today or can be ordered for later.

Read it with

Ozu Washi lettering and red entrance curtain beside a washi workshop window
Ozu Washi“Paper and small objects for daily use” · Booking and languageHaibara Nihonbashi Honten“Paper and small objects for daily use” · Writing and gift paper
Black Kuroeya lettering across the glass windows of the second-floor shop
Kuroeya“Paper and small objects for daily use” · Weekdays · 2F shop

Before you go

Official information ↗
See this item in the Atlas ↗Read in the Mapbook ↗
Sources · image info
  1. 日本橋さるや本店日本橋さるや own physical-store page
  2. さるや ordering constraintsさるや own commerce FAQ, reciprocal original store-domain link and matching phone
  3. GSI official address reference: 東京都中央区日本橋室町一丁目１２番５号国土地理院
  4. 藤田由美 · original historical testimonyPrecious.jp / 小学館
  5. QR-027-CRAFT · independently observed depth materialExact venue/operator