Archive for tag: tokyo book town

Newish movie theater in Jimbocho

20 November, 2009 (00:30) | Japan - Films | By: Kurt

Hadn’t been to Kanda-Jimbocho in quite some time, perhaps 9 or so months, but went there the other week to look for a book for an overseas customer. I ran into this rather startling site — the Jimbocho Theater, which is owned by the publishing house Shogakukan

Disengaging a bit in Kanda-Jimbocho

21 July, 2004 (02:32) | Galleries, Japan - Photography | By: Kurt

Here’s a new series shot in Tokyo’s Kanda-Jimbocho, often called the largest book market in the world due to the high concentration of new and secondhand bookstores one can find there.