KyotoShopping

Book shopping in Kyoto

  1. A

    Rakushi-kan

    Rakushi-kan offers paper-making workshops on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, with sessions at 1pm, 2pm, 3pm and 4pm. The one-hour course costs from ¥1000 for making sheets of washi, business cards or postcards. Reservations in Japanese should be made a week in advance and courses are held for groups of five or more.

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  2. B

    Green E Books

    This small bookstore has a decent selection of used books. It also organises a variety of interesting events in town.

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  3. C

    Random Walk

    In the Teramachi shopping arcade, this is the best English-language bookshop in town. There is a good selection of Lonely Planet guidebooks and maps, English manga, books on Japan, art books, novels etc.

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