Jinbōchō Through the Years: The Story of Tokyo’s Secondhand Book District

Sakota Ryōsuke at Tokyo Kosho Kaikan, the headquarters of a local association of booksellers. (© Nippon.com)

The Nihon no Furuhon-ya website. This snapshot includes featured books on surrealism, marking 100 years since the birth of Abe Kōbō, and on Manchukuo, marking 90 years since the establishment of Japan’s puppet state in Manchuria.

A Tokyo Association of Dealers in Old Books poster promoting Japan’s secondhand bookstores.