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There's a neighborhood in Tokyo called Jinbōchō, which built an entire town out of different specialist second-hand book shops. If you ever need a specific book
by sexy_devil 1y ago
There's a neighborhood in Tokyo called Jinbōchō, which built an entire town out of different specialist second-hand book shops.
If you ever need a specific book on a specific thing, you bet you can find it there.
It's pretty sweet.
- rootsudo 1y agoAnd to ride on Jimbocho/international reference, they have the same in Manila, Philippines in Recto, which is a university area, tons of english university text books, around 100-200 pesos, "international editions." Jimbocho has limited English text. Now Hong Kong, Quarry Bay Street has a few but they're all on south island I see and accessible via the metro.
- detourdog 1y agoI'm fortunate enough to have that experience. I also thought there were many specialized districts. The few towns I visited all had a very sophisticated electronics district that included ancient machines, simple home A/V switching boxes and cutting edge parts.