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Bookstores of Jimbo-cho

  • Address: Isseido:, 1-7-4 Kanda Jimbo-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
  • Phone: 03/3292-0071

Fodor's Review:

For the ultimate browse through art books, catalogs, scholarly monographs, secondhand paperbacks, and dictionaries in almost any language, the bookstores of Jimbo-cho are the place to go. A number of the antiquarian booksellers here carry rare typeset editions, wood-block-printed books of the Edo period, and individual prints. At shops like Isseido and Ohya Shobo, both open Monday-Saturday 10-6, it's still possible to find genuine 19th- and 20th-century prints—not always in the best condition—at affordable prices. Many of Japan's most prestigious publishing houses make their home in this area as well. The bookstores run for ½ km (¼ mi) on Yasukuni-dori beginning at the Surugadai-shita intersection.

  • Subway: Shinjuku and Mita subway lines, Jimbo-cho Station (Exit A7)
  • Other location: Ohya Shobo:, 1-1 Kanda Jimbo-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Jimbo-cho, Tokyo, 03/3291-0062
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