Tokyo Bookstore Guide | Map Card Edition

Tokyo Zen-Shoten Chizu-tsuki Guide, Card-shiki (Guide to All Tokyo Bookstores with Maps, Card Format), published by Nishida Shoten and painstakingly compiled by Satoru Kogure, is an enduring classic that will never fade, in the history of independent bookshops and in the heart of every book lover. It not only covers the major chain bookstores but also spotlights the Jimbocho secondhand book district and independent bookshops and secondhand book stalls, each with its own distinctive character, recording in detail the ecosystem and cultural landscape of Tokyo's bookshops at the time.

The book's distinction lies in its groundbreaking "card format" design. At a time before smartphones existed, the compiler printed the bookshop information and maps for each area of Tokyo on separate cards. Readers could simply pull out the cards for a particular area to suit the day's plans, slip them into a pocket, and set off at any time on a bookshop tour through the streets of Tokyo.

Publisher: Nishida Shoten
Publication year: 1985
Dimensions: 265 × 190 mm

Tokyo Bookstore Guide / Bookshop Map / Independent Bookshops