Book shopping in Kyoto
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Junkudō
On the 5th to 8th floors of the BAL building, right downtown, this is one of Kyoto’s best bookshops. The 7th floor has a good selection of English books and a smaller selection of books in other European languages. It also stocks English-language manga, magazines, Lonely Planet travel guides, and Japanese-language textbooks and reference books.
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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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Kamiji Kakimoto
A close second to Morita Washi as our favourite washi shop in Kyoto. It’s got such unusual items as washi computer printer paper and washi wallpaper. It’s very close to Ippo-dō tea shop, with which it makes a very good double bill.
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Morita Washi
A short walk from the Shijō-Karasuma crossing, this place sells a fabulous variety of handmade washi (Japanese paper) for reasonable prices. It’s one of our favourite shops in Kyoto for souvenirs.
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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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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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