There are bookstores with specific themes and bookstores that offer a wide range of genres of books. You will find books that you can encounter only at real bookstores!
1, Crab Books (Koenji)
This small bookstore is owned by Nanako Hanada, author of “One Year of Meeting 70 People on Dating Websites and Recommending Books that Seemed to Suit Them. She holds small events for 10 to 20 people after 20:00 pm on an irregular basis.
📍2-48-11-2FKoenji-Minami, Suginami-ku, Tokyo
👉Official websiteAbout 4 minutes walk from 🚇Koenji station
2, Kamome Books (Kagurazaka)
A bookstore run by a proofreading company specializing in book reviews. At the store’s cafe, WEEKENDERS COFFEE All Right, you can also enjoy coffee made from beans from WEEKENDERS COFFEE, a specialty store in Kyoto that roasts its own coffee.
📍 Daiichi Yarai Building 1F, 123 Yarai-cho, Shinjuku-ku
👉Official website🚇Only a short walk from Yarai Exit of Kagurazaka Station
3, Ginza Tsutaya
A large bookstore on the 6th floor of GINZA SIX that proposes a “life with art”. It consists of a book floor where you can encounter art book archives from around the world, a stationery corner where you can encounter the latest technology and craftsmanship, an art gallery, a cafe, and an event space where you can experience art and creation.
📍 GINZA SIX 6F, 6-10-1 Ginza, Chuo-ku
👉Official website🚇About 2 minutes walk from Ginza station, about 3 minutes walk from Higashi-ginza station
4, Komiyama Bookstore (Jimbocho)
A general antiquarian bookstore that has been in Jimbocho, the town of books, for over 80 years. It buys and appraises books such as photography collections, art books, and humanities books, as well as art works such as prints, posters, and paintings.
📍 1-7 Kanda Jimbocho, Chiyoda-ku
👉Official websiteAbout 1 minute walk from 🚇Jimbocho Station
5, SHIBUYA PUBLISHING & BOOKSELLERS Main Store
A glass-walled bookstore located in Oku-Shibuya. In addition to books selected by the staff, sundries and used clothing can also be purchased. Talk events and fairs on various themes such as lifestyle, business, and sports are held regularly.
📍 Terrace Kamiyama 1F, 17-3 Kamiyama-cho, Shibuya-ku
👉Official website🚇About 10 minutes walk from Shibuya Station
6, Snow Shoveling Books & Gallery (Fukazawa)
A bookstore that should be visited in conjunction with a stroll to Komazawa Park or Todoroki Gorge; since 2015, it has been running a Haruki Murakami book club.
📍 4-35-7 Fukazawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 2F-C
👉Official website🚇About 20 minutes walk from Komazawa University Station.
7, Tabi no Honya Nomado (Nishiogikubo)
A bookstore based on the concept of “travel. It selects books from various genres such as music, movies, thought, cuisine, and religion that make you feel like traveling. It also holds travel-related events on a regular basis.
📍 Tsukasa Bldg. 1F, 3-12-10 Nishiogikita, Suginami-ku, Tokyo
👉Official account🚇About 5 minutes walk from Nishiogikubo station
8, Nishimura Bunseido (Jiyugaoka)
A long-established bookstore established in 1948. The third generation owner, Mr. Yasuki Nishimura, has been collecting and researching materials related to Jiyugaoka, taking advantage of his characteristic as an antiquarian book specialist.In addition to the traditional used bookstore business, thecompany also engages inspatial coordination andbook selectionusing used books.
📍 2-11-8 Jiyugaoka, Meguro-ku
👉Official siteAbout 2 minutes walk from Jiyugaoka Station
9, Nostos Books (Soshigaya-Okura)
This bookstore started as an online store in 2012 and also operates as a design office. It mainly deals in design and art-related books and photo collections. It also regularly hosts artists’ solo exhibitions and live music concerts.
📍 Room 102, 5-1-18 Kinuta, Setagaya-ku
👉Official website🚇About 15 min. walk from Soshigaya-Okura Sta.
10, B&B (Shimokitazawa)
B&B is an acronym for “BOOKS&BEER. As the name suggests, you can also enjoy reading a book with a beer in hand. Talk events with book authors and editors are held daily.
📍 2F BONUS TRACK, 2-36-15 Daita, Setagaya-ku
👉Official website🚇About 10 minutes walk from Shimokitazawa station, about 10 minutes walk from Setagaya-Daita station
11, Bunko Roppongi
For an admission fee of ¥1,650 (¥2,530 on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays), you can take your time to select books and spend time at your favorite seat. The bookstore has about 30,000 books ranging from the humanities and natural sciences to design and art. It has a reading room for one person to face books alone, a study room for multiple people, and a coffee shop. Coffee and sencha green tea refills are free.
👉Official Site📍 Roppongi Denki Building 1F, 6-1-20 Roppongi, Minato-ku
🚇About 1 minute walk from Roppongi Station
12, Morioka Bookstore (Ginza)
A bookstore selling only one book. Owner Tatsuyuki Moriokaworked as a bookseller inthe Kanda antiquarian bookstore district foreightyearsbeforeestablishing Morioka Shoten Kayabacho.Hisexperience of holding many book exhibitions thereled him to the idea of abookstore that sells only one book.
👉Official account📍 1-28-15 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo Suzuki Bldg. 1F
🚇About 2 minutes walk from Shintomicho station, about 7 minutes walk from Higashi-ginza station