> The bookshop-keeper here, is eking out every single edge he can out of books to operate his shop. It could be, but it could also be the case that he's trying

> The bookshop-keeper here, is eking out every single edge he can out of books to operate his shop. It could be, but it could also be the case that he's trying to be 'quirky' and happened to implement this particular idea, picked more-or-less randomly from a set of other quirky ideas. Walking around Tokyo it is not hard to find shops where you really struggle to figure out how they are making money, and often it's the case that they actually aren't and they close their doors after a few months or a couple years. I guess it's just really easy to get a loan in Japan even if your business plan is utter shit?