Look out for the annual book festival, held in late October each year, when over a hundred local stores erect stalls on the streets.

Tokyo’s charming neighbourhood of Jimbocho is commonly referred to as Jimbocho Book Town, thanks to the overwhelming number of antique bookstores lining the streets. If you want to learn more ...

But remarkably, with a history spanning almost 150 years, this legendary neighbourhood – known locally as hon no machi or “book town ... publishing company in Jimbocho and bought ...

But while becoming immersed in the ambience of the historic bookstores in Tokyo’s famous Jimbocho Book Town in person is still impossible for many, store owners have teamed up to make that ...

The first? Books. Jimbocho, a relatively low-rise suburb within walking distance of Ginza, is known among locals as book town. Those books, new and used, are housed in more than 200 stores dotted ...

Takako is now more receptive to all that Jimbocho has to offer, including the bookshop’s many visitors and her uncle’s favourite cushion named Roy. The strength of a book such as this lies in ...