Multiple brand Store “Keibunsha Ichijoji Store”, the Best Place for Book Lovers!

There is a hidden book store “Keibunsha Ichijoji Store” (恵文社一乗寺店) in Sakyo-ku, Kyoto City. The store is famous as the only selected spot in Japan for ‘the best 10 bookstores in the world’, which was published by a British newspaper ‘The Guardian’ in 2010.

Currently, in many stores, similar books are sold on a similar display. However, the store clerk felt like ‘That’s not fun!’, then Keibunsha Ichijoji Store broke the mold. 90％ of the books in the store carefully selected one of each by the staffs. The best thing is there are only the books that visitors want to pick up there.

In addition, there are not only the books but also general goods around the world and daily necessities. Now that placing the goods and stationary in bookstores have become commonplace, it was so rare case when started the selling in the 90s. When walking the antique space, you can meet eye-catching interesting goods as well as books.

Moreover, the book display is a must-see because the store is very particular about it. In many bookstores, books are arranged by publication and author name of Japanese alphabetical order. Store clerks place emphasis on how fast people can find the book they are looking for. However, the store keeps the books by genre and gives priority to the chance encounter with books. It’s the store where you can forget the time and spend a happy moment with them.

Recently, it seems that a lot of people who usually do not read a book to visit there and purpose for general goods. Why not stop by the interesting store to look for an encounter with new books?