Jimbōchō Book Town
and also known as , is a book town located in the district of Jinbōchō, Tokyo, Kanda-Jinbōchō in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The area is distinguished by its high volume and concentration of used bookstores. It additionally houses the headquarters for multiple major Japanese publishing companies, as well as campuses for several universities. History Multiple universities established campuses in Jinbōchō, Tokyo following the Meiji Restoration in 1868, including the University of Tokyo, Gakushuin University, Ochanomizu University, and Senshu University, among others. The presence of these institutions attracted bookstores catering to university professors and students that sold textbooks and other academic reference materials. The area continued as a primarily student district until the 1930s, a decade that saw the development of a robust secondhand book market across Japan. This was motivated by the production of so-called – paperbacks that could be cheaply p ...
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Yaguchi Book Store And Koga Book Store
is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Mari Yaguchi, a Japanese pop singer *Masaaki Yaguchi, guitarist for the Japanese rock band called Mucc *Shinobu Yaguchi, a Japanese film director and screenwriter *Yoko Yaguchi, a Japanese actress, and the wife of Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa for 39 years *Yukihiko Yaguchi, a Japanese car designer *Yutaka Yaguchi, a martial artist {{surname, Yaguchi Japanese-language surnames ...
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