Shop entrance, on the ground floor of an apartment building on the Kamiyamacho shotengai., Shibuya & Shimo-Kitazawa.

©Rebecca Milner/Lonely Planet

Shibuya Publishing & Booksellers

Shibuya & Shimo-Kitazawa


Come browse the selection of art, food and travel magazines and small-press offerings at this indie bookshop, open late among the bars of Shibuya's Kamiyamachō shōtengai (market street). There's a small selection of books in English, as well as other stuff like totes and accessories from Japanese designers.


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