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Best Bookstores in Tokyo

(Tokyo Station)

Maruzen bookstore in Tokyo is really great. When I was living in Japan (from 2004 to 2007) I used to...

(Akasaka)

Yummy chicken tenders and creative choices on the menu. It's always really loud, except at lunch ti...

(Jimbocho)

Sanseido is a 7 story bookstore that is more typical of an American bookstore because it has several...

Best Manga/Internet Cafes in Tokyo

(Roppongi)

I was surprised at how easy it was to visit my first manga cafe. Gera Gera is l ocated right on Ropp...

(Shibuya)

Manga cafes, also called Internet cafes, are extremely convenient and useful places. Sometimes you f...

(Shibuya)

This is one of the nicer manga cafes in Japan. Media Cafe Popeye was quite clean and had a very mode...

Tokyo Books & Music - New Reviews

joopinks
Bagus Gran cyber cafe (Manga/Internet Cafes / Roppongi)
AVOID THIS PLACE LIKE THE PLAGUE
THIS PLACE IS HORRENDOUS!!! There is a club right above it so DO NOT EXPECT TO GET ANY SLEEP HERE. The ~super bass~ shook my cubicle until 5AM and the horrible music punched me in the face every time... Read More

MegN
Ito-ya (Cards & Stationery / Ginza)
Ito-ya has many shops, but when I need paper of any type for a project, the Ginza branch is where I head. The clerks "know their stuff" and are very helpful. Large orders were accurately shipped. I'll... Read More

carlsson
TSUTAYA: Roppongi (Rental CDs / Roppongi)
Magazine Mecca
This Tsutaya is the ULTIMATE Tsutaya in my opinion because it has the BEST selection of magazines from all over. If you miss reading Western fashion magazines because their price in Japan is sky high,... Read More

Ito-ya
Cards & Stationery / Ginza
Ito-ya 3 is simply incredible. It's full of traditional Japanese papers, and it caters to Japanese calligraphers. If you don't know anything about Japanese papers, then you're going yourself a disserv... Read More

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