Japan’s one-person publishers create unique books
Hitori shuppansha means that a person edits and launches a book they feel only they can present to the world. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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Japan and China, bound by books
Tokyo's Treasure Trove of Classical Chinese Books Tokyo’s Jimbocho district is a book lover's paradise. The area is home to more than 150 secondhand shops. And among the titles that can be found ...
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Bookstore with no actual store celebrates decade of selling books
Ika Bunko manager Yuki Kasukawa, 44, appeared on “Asaichi,” Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK)’s morning information program, on July 15 to introduce comic books for connoisseurs. She has ...
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Foreign interest grows at ‘world’s largest’ used bookstore area
The popular store is filled with various collections of Japanese books, including literature from the Edo Period (1603-1868), ukiyo-e prints, old maps, and materials related to “yokai” monsters.
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A look inside Japan's Tsutaya Books, now open at Pavilion Bukit Jalil
Tsutaya Books, Japan’s largest bookstore chain, is famously known as “one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores” and this first South-East Asia outpost store does not fail to impress ...