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From my experience they're a world apart, but your mileage may vary. You can also tell just by doing image searches for "Japanese bookstore". Or looking at how
by jbay808 6y ago
From my experience they're a world apart, but your mileage may vary. You can also tell just by doing image searches for "Japanese bookstore". Or looking at how often US bookstores shelve their books sideways. But I agree that there are exceptions in Japan (including specific shelves for oversized books, like coffee table photo albums), and in the US there are some sizes that books sometimes converge to.
- Izkata 6y agoSo I did the search and it's totally random whether they're as you describe or as GP describes. My favorite, differing sizes on the left and uniform sizes on the right: https://img.theculturetrip.com/1440x807/smart/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/japanese-bookshop.jpg https://img.theculturetrip.com/1440x807/smart/wp-content/upl...
- jbay808 6y agoI believe those are magazines on the left. (This photo appears to be Book Off, a popular second-hand bookstore chain).