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2000s: Welcome to the Morisaki Bookshop – a booklover’s paradise.
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
What you need to know before your trail
When twenty-five-year-old Takako’s boyfriend reveals he’s marrying someone else, she reluctantly accepts her eccentric uncle Satoru’s offer to live rent-free in the tiny room above his shop.
Hidden in Jimbocho, Tokyo, the Morisaki Bookshop is a booklover’s paradise. On a quiet corner in an old wooden building, the shop is filled with hundreds of second-hand books. It is Satoru’s pride and joy, and he has devoted his life to the bookshop since his wife left him five years earlier.
Hoping to nurse her broken heart in peace, Takako is surprised to encounter new worlds within the stacks of books lining the shop.
And as summer fades to autumn, Satoru and Takako discover they have more in common than they first thought. The Morisaki bookshop has something to teach them both about life, love, and the healing power of books.
Travel Guide
Jimbocho
A neighbourhood filled with bookstores!
Within a 15-minute walking radius of Jimbocho Station, there are around 200 bookstores crammed floor to ceiling with all kinds of books.
Jimbocho Book Town begins at around the intersection of Yasukuni-dori Street and Hakusan-dori Street. Many of the bookstore sell second-hand titles.
BookTrail Boarding Pass: Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
Destination/Location: Jimbocho, Tokyo Author: Satoshi Yagisawa Departure: 2000s
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