Trade district
Okachimachi
Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo's jewellery wholesale quarter, east of Okachimachi station, where the streets carry names such as Ruby and Diamond. Wholesalers, stone dealers, setters and repairers work side by side; many also sell to the public.
Okachimachi, between Ueno and Akihabara in Tokyo's Taito ward, is Japan's largest jewellery wholesale quarter. Jewellers settled near the temples of Ueno in the Edo period, and the area east of Okachimachi station grew into a dense district of wholesalers and craftsmen.
What you find
Jewellery wholesalers, loose-stone and pearl dealers, findings and tools suppliers, setters, engravers and repair workshops. Many businesses also sell to the public, and nearby streets carry names such as Ruby Street and Diamond Street.
How it works
Wholesale offices serve retailers across Japan; shops at street level sell to anyone. The Ameyoko market by the station is a separate, lively general market.
Tips
- Okachimachi (JR) and Naka-Okachimachi (Hibiya line) stations are at the edge of the district.
- Many wholesalers close at weekends.
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