Kinkaido: Japanese-style painting materials

Painting rainbows isn't just for kids anymore, Picasso. Or at least, that's what owner, Hirofumi Sugita, said of his 80-year old paint shop called Kinkaido in Tokyo's old Yanaka neighborhood. We couldn't agree more, Mr. Sugita, as the inside of Kinkaido is a like being twirled around in a giant color-filled kaleidoscope.

This artistic dreamville, located in the Yanaka district near Ueno Park, is jam-packed with cascading rows of glass bottles filled with the full spectrum of 1,500 different powdered pigments used to make any color of paint you could possibly dream up.

Need a flash of genius for your masterpiece, Van Gogh? The surrounding Yanaka neighborhood is one of Tokyo's oldest districts, one of the few that survived the war intact -- and has shops, gardens, and artsy inspirations to get your creative juices flowing. Don't have the tools? Not to worry, Kinkaido also stocks art paper and traditional paint brushes with handles made of bamboo. Now go paint us the next Mona Lisa.