Exploring Tokyo’s Book Town 🇯🇵 Coolest Japanese Book Shops, Jimbocho Japan, Tokyo Shopping Vlog 2024
Our travel guide to Jimbocho, Tokyo’s Book Town!
Exploring Kanda-Jinbōchō (aka Jimbocho), a historical book district that was the once the center of publishing and academia in Tokyo, Japan. Today this laid-back Tokyo neighborhood is known for being the heart of the Japanese bookstore scene, where you can find every kind of book shop you can think of: rare antiques, secondhand books, vintage magazines, and independent publishers.
This charming area is also a must-visit for its neighborhood restaurants including a famous European-style curry and a comforting western-style Japanese yoshoku.
Best Bookstores in Jimbocho, Tokyo:
Vintage Jinbocho
Book House Cafe
Isseido Booksellers一誠堂書店
Komiyama Book Store 小宮山書店
Shosen Grande 書泉グランデ
Yukyudo Books 悠久堂書店
Tsuruya Yofukuten 鶴谷洋服店
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Where to eat in Jimbocho, Tokyo
(Restaurants and cafes in Jimbocho):
Curry Bondy ボンディ
Pharos Coffee
Kitchen Nankai キッチン南海 神保町店
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14 Comments
yass first
❤❤❤ books 📚
That service apartment looked really good , may I ask for the name of it? I have booked one at s-presso namba in Osaka fir next, but also always looking for some in Tokio 😊
damn the filipiniana section nostalgia hit so hard 😂
That Ministry of Defense curry had me lol 😂
Bondy was one of my favorite bites on my last trip
just stumbled on this channel, looks awesome. by the way what camera are u using for those amazing aesthetic shots?
Really cool video guys been watching your videos all day,should have been flying to Thailand this evening from London,,but have done my back in ,glad I’ve found your channel been hitting the like button on all videos,,,,peace and happiness to you from Gloucester England 😊😊😊😊😊❤❤
T minus 4 months til I go to Japan and these videos getting me so excited
What camera did u guys use for those pics? I love it!!!
Omg I really wanted to visit Jimbocho but couldn’t fit it into my itinerary. 🥲 Wish our paths had crossed in Tokyo last month!
Trippy to see a can of beer from a brewery I frequent in Toronto make its way to Tokyo and into your vlog 19:11
Hi ralph! – Your travel vlog is amazing! – – – The online warehouse. 😊🎞📷
私もキッチン南海は大好きで、来週食べに行きます🍛