Kansai Time Out (www.kto.co.jp) is a monthly publication listing events in Kobe, Kyoto, Nara, and Osaka. It costs ¥300 and is available at major hotels and bookshops throughout the region.
Kinokuniya stocks a small selection of new English-language novels as well as guidebooks, books on Japan, and Japanese study guides. For a wider selection of English reading material, head to Wantage Books, the only secondhand English-language bookshop in the Kansai region.