Kyoto Stationery Shops
May 9th, 2008, 03:51 PM
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I can not recommend one specifically, but can assure you that every department store will have a stationary section, every shopping center, most bookstores...no problem finding a place to buy stationary.
May 10th, 2008, 02:45 AM
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There's a terrific stationery shop in Teramachi-dori, the covered pedestrian street. I don't know the name of the shop (though I believe it may be listed in Dianne Durston's book), but it's near the northern end of Teramachi (the City Hall end). If you were to enter Teramachi-dori from the City Hall end and walk south, the shop is about 1 block ahead, on the right.
May 10th, 2008, 09:58 AM
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One of the best known and oldest established (1830s) is Sakurai-ya, which is on the corner of Shin Kyogoku shopping street and Sanjo-dori. Open daily from 11am to 8.30pm.
Website:
http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp/people/sakurai8/
(in Japanese only)
Website:
http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp/people/sakurai8/
(in Japanese only)
May 11th, 2008, 06:03 AM
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Another vote for the stationery shop rizutto mentioned. It's called Kyukyodo, and has amazing selection of rolled woodprint papers, regular stationery, caligraphy goods and Japanese incense. This is their only Kyoto store I know of, but they have several branches in Kyoto, including the one in the middle of Ginza.
