Jimbocho Book Town 🇯🇵 Tokyo’s Coolest Neighborhood | Best Japanese Bookstores & Cafes (Japan 2025)

Our travel guide to Jimbocho, Tokyo's Book Town!

Exploring Kanda-Jinbōchō (aka Jimbocho), a historical book district that was the once the center of publishing and academia in Tokyo, Japan. Today this laid-back Tokyo neighborhood is known for being the heart of the Japanese bookstore scene, where you can find every kind of book shop you can think of: rare antiques, secondhand books, vintage magazines, and independent publishers.

This charming area is also a must-visit for its neighborhood restaurants including a famous European-style curry and a comforting western-style Japanese yoshoku.

Best Bookstores in Jimbocho, Tokyo:
Vintage Jinbocho
Book House Cafe
Isseido Booksellers一誠堂書店
Komiyama Book Store 小宮山書店
Shosen Grande 書泉グランデ
Yukyudo Books 悠久堂書店
Tsuruya Yofukuten 鶴谷洋服店
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Where to eat in Jimbocho, Tokyo
(Restaurants and cafes in Jimbocho):
Curry Bondy ボンディ
Pharos Coffee
Kitchen Nankai キッチン南海 神保町店

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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:44 Tokyo Apartment
01:54 Getting to Jimbocho
02:50 Jimbocho Curry Bondy
05:00 Jimbocho Book Town
06:37 Vintage Manga
07:17 Vintage Magazines
08:00 Children's Bookstore
09:23 Antique Books
11:37 Art Bookstore
12:03 Vintage Shop
14:11 Art Supplies
14:33 Little Mermaid Jimbocho
15:17 Magnif Zinebocho
16:32 Pharos Coffee
18:29 Indie Bookstore
19:14 Kitchen Nankai Jimbocho
21:01 Tokyo Tower
22:06 Japanese Beauty Shopping