Marking its sixth edition, 35 Japanese publishing houses that publish Korean-translated books will be selling books in diverse genres, all related to Korea, at the Jimbocho Book Town on Nov. 23 ...

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 ...

The effort is aimed at promoting Tokyo’s Kanda-Jimbocho district, an area well known for its many specialty secondhand bookstores, in the hopes that book lovers will still enjoy touring through ...

Satoshi Yagisawa’s overseas blockbuster (translated by Eric Ozawa) takes place in the real-life Jimbocho Book Town, a neighbourhood composed almost entirely of bookstores (more than a hundred of ...

Many of the Japanese books translated into English in the past decade have fallen on one of two sides of the spectrum: sophisticated literary fiction or anime-adapted light novels.

Nowadays, he pulls a collapsible shopping trolley around Jimbocho, Tokyo’s book district, personally entreating shops to stock the three titles he has to offer as a self-funded publisher.

But, she keeps coming back to Jimbocho — to visit the bookshop, to spend time with her uncle and aunt, grab a cup of coffee at her favourite cafe, Saveur, and to catch up with her boyfriend, Wada.

Dublin, Ireland. Some books are just better with pictures. And The Book of Kells is no exception. This 9th-century masterwork is the world’s most famous illuminated manuscript, and for good ...