Bookstores in Osaka
If you judge a town by its bookshops, Osaka, Osaka gives you 565 to judge by. That's 565 bookshops mapped around Osaka, each with its own shelves and specialties. The used sections are where the real bargains hide. Staff picks shelves are the fastest way to read a shop's personality.
This guide covers every bookstore we could verify in and around Osaka (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include 蝸牛 and BOOKS ハセガワ, plus メトロ書店. If a bookshop's missing from Osaka's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Osaka bookstore lineup
565 mapped within about 40 km — showing 60:
蝸牛
Bookstore
蝸牛 is Bookstore.
BOOKS ハセガワ
Bookstore
BOOKS ハセガワ is Bookstore.
メトロ書店
Bookstore
メトロ書店 — Bookstore.
TSUTAYA
Bookstore
TSUTAYA is Bookstore.
キャップ書店
Bookstore
キャップ書店 — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about キャップ書店: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 10:00-21:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-21:00
Phone: +81 745 34 2346
BOOKS LIBRO
Bookstore
BOOKS LIBRO is Bookstore.
宮脇書店田原本店
Bookstore
宮脇書店田原本店 is Bookstore.
たけだ書店
Bookstore
たけだ書店 is Bookstore.
豊住書店 (Toyosumi shoten)
Bookstore
豊住書店 (Toyosumi shoten) is Bookstore.
啓林堂書店
Bookstore
啓林堂書店 is Bookstore. 啓林堂書店 also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as 09:00-21:00.
Hours: 09:00-21:00
古本市場山下店
Bookstore
古本市場山下店 — Bookstore.
三峰堂
Bookstore
三峰堂 is Bookstore.
まなびの友社
Bookstore
まなびの友社 — Bookstore.
古本市場
Bookstore
古本市場 is Bookstore.
昭和書籍
Bookstore
昭和書籍 is Bookstore.
TSUTAYA
Bookstore
TSUTAYA is Bookstore.
ゴトウ
Bookstore
ゴトウ — Bookstore.
メトロ書店
Bookstore
メトロ書店 — Bookstore.
TSUTAYA
Bookstore
TSUTAYA is Bookstore.
九条堂
Bookstore
九条堂 is Bookstore.
MARUZEN&ジュンク堂書店
Bookstore
MARUZEN&ジュンク堂書店 — Bookstore on 20. Also worth knowing about MARUZEN&ジュンク堂書店: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 10:00-22:00; it has a website with more detail.
20
Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-22:00
木下ブックセンター
Bookstore
木下ブックセンター is Bookstore.
TSUTAYA新三田店
Bookstore
TSUTAYA新三田店 — Bookstore on 大原213-1 国道176号線. Also worth knowing about TSUTAYA新三田店: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 10:00-00:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
大原213-1 国道176号線, 669-1515
Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-00:00
Phone: 079-556-2906
デューク書店
Bookstore
デューク書店 — Bookstore.
野村呼文堂
Bookstore
野村呼文堂 is Bookstore.
青空書房
Bookstore
青空書房 is Bookstore.
啓文堂書店
Bookstore
啓文堂書店 is Bookstore.
駄楽屋書店
Bookstore
駄楽屋書店 is Bookstore.
西日本書店
Bookstore
西日本書店 is Bookstore. 西日本書店 also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
古本市場
Bookstore
古本市場 is Bookstore.
TSUTAYA
Bookstore
TSUTAYA is Bookstore on 1, 堺市.
1, 堺市, 590-0985
高山文庫
Used bookstore
高山文庫 is Used bookstore. 高山文庫 also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as 11:00-21:00.
Hours: 11:00-21:00
宮本書店
Used bookstore
宮本書店 — Used bookstore.
メロンブックス
Bookstore
メロンブックス — Bookstore, found on 3 in 大阪市. Also worth knowing about メロンブックス: the map lists its hours as 10:00-20:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
3, 大阪市, 556-0004
Hours: 10:00-20:00
Phone: +81 48 640 2133
ブックオフ
Bookstore
ブックオフ is Bookstore on 15, 大阪市. ブックオフ also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su,PH 10:00-22:30; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
15, 大阪市, 556-0011
Hours: Mo-Su,PH 10:00-22:30
Phone: 06-6634-5422
日本橋ブックセンター
Bookstore
日本橋ブックセンター is Bookstore.
ブックオフ
Bookstore
ブックオフ is Bookstore on 16, 大阪市. ブックオフ also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 10:00-23:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
16, 大阪市
Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-23:00
Phone: 06-6214-2080
八州堂書店
Bookstore
八州堂書店 — Bookstore.
紀伊國屋書店
Bookstore
紀伊國屋書店 is Bookstore. 紀伊國屋書店 also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 10:00-21:00; Sa 10:00-19:00; PH,Su 11:00-18:00.
Hours: Mo-Fr 10:00-21:00; Sa 10:00-19:00; PH,Su 11:00-18:00
毛利書店
Bookstore
毛利書店 — Bookstore.
ブックオフ
Used bookstore
ブックオフ is Used bookstore on 21, 大阪市. ブックオフ also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as 10:00-22:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
21, 大阪市, 542-0081
Hours: 10:00-22:00
Phone: 06-4704-3530
ブックオフ
Bookstore
ブックオフ is Bookstore. ブックオフ also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as 10:00-22:00.
Hours: 10:00-22:00
TSUTAYA
Bookstore
TSUTAYA is Bookstore. TSUTAYA also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Sa-Su 10:00-02:00.
Hours: Sa-Su 10:00-02:00
古本市場
Bookstore
古本市場 is Bookstore.
信長書店
Bookstore
信長書店 — Bookstore.
宮脇書店
Bookstore
宮脇書店 is Bookstore.
ブックオフ
BookstoreRun by ブックオフコーポレーション
ブックオフ is Bookstore run by ブックオフコーポレーション.
Book Market
Bookstore
Book Market — Bookstore.
Book mart
Bookstore
Book mart — Bookstore, found on 6 in 大阪市.
6, 大阪市, 535-0013
千賀書房
Bookstore
千賀書房 is Bookstore on 14, 大阪市.
14, 大阪市, 535-0002
尚文堂書店
Bookstore
尚文堂書店 — Bookstore.
ブックオフ
BookstoreRun by ブックオフコーポレーション
ブックオフ is Bookstore run by ブックオフコーポレーション.
富士書房
Bookstore
富士書房 — Bookstore.
立志堂書店
Bookstore
立志堂書店 is Bookstore.
ジュンク堂書店
Bookstore
ジュンク堂書店 is Bookstore.
ジュンク堂書店
BookstoreRun by ジュンク堂書店
ジュンク堂書店 is Bookstore run by ジュンク堂書店. ジュンク堂書店 also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 10:00-21:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-21:00
Phone: +81 78 392 1001
BOOKOFF 大久保店
BookstoreRun by ブックオフコーポレーション
Run by ブックオフコーポレーション, BOOKOFF 大久保店 is Bookstore. Also worth knowing about BOOKOFF 大久保店: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 10:00-22:00.
Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-22:00
キトラ文庫
Bookstore
キトラ文庫 is Bookstore.
大垣書店
Bookstore
大垣書店 — Bookstore.
中尾書店
Bookstore
中尾書店 is Bookstore. 中尾書店 also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Phone: 06-6271-0843
What the map tells us about bookstores in Osaka
84 of the 565 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — bookshops keep civilised hours, so the listed ones are usually reliable.
45 have websites listed. Worth a look for events — readings and signings get announced there first.
There's a cluster: 9 of them sit on 1, so you can string those into one walk and drive between the rest.
30 of the shops are tagged as selling used books — the second-hand shelves are where out-of-print gems and first editions turn up for pocket change.
The Osaka bookstore crawl
The efficient Osaka bookstore crawl strings these together: 蝸牛, BOOKS ハセガワ, メトロ書店, TSUTAYA, キャップ書店, BOOKS LIBRO, 宮脇書店田原本店, and たけだ書店 — 565 stops, one logical order. 557 more are listed below.
Bookstore tips for Osaka
A few things worth knowing before you work through Osaka's bookstores:
- Look for local history at 蝸牛. The local-interest shelf tells you what a town thinks of itself. Great for visitors, better for new residents.
- Don't judge by the window display at BOOKS ハセガワ. The front table is marketing. The back shelves are the shop's real taste. Walk the whole floor.
- Gift buying? Ask for wrapping. Many independents wrap beautifully and free. It beats a gift bag every time.
- Learn your editions. A first edition, first printing is the collectible one. Booksellers will show you how to check the copyright page.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Osaka — that covers the town itself plus the surrounding communities you'd reasonably drive to. Listings come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by local volunteers, so a brand-new bookstore in Osaka can take a while to appear. The 565 above are only as current as the community map. A bookstore that's shut, or a new one nobody's added yet, gets fixed with a single OpenStreetMap edit.
We don't list prices — they change constantly and vary by edition. What we list is the where: real shops, verified by real mappers, in alphabetical order with no favourites.
If you run one of the 565 listed here and something's wrong — a closure, a move, new hours — the fix is the same: update the shop on OpenStreetMap and the correction flows through to this page on the next daily refresh.
Bookstore listings for Osaka: 565 mapped from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Photos from Wikimedia Commons contributors; individual photo credits appear in captions. Listing data was last refreshed automatically — verify hours before visiting.