In the middle of Tokyo’s Otemachi district, an area synonymous with identity-free glass-and-steel skyscrapers and charmless ...

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 ...

"Here, you find books which make you wonder who on earth would buy them," laughs Shogo Imamura, 40, who opened one such store in Tokyo's bookstore district of Kanda Jimbocho in April. "Regular ...