Bookstores in Tokyo
Bookstores reward the browsers. Tokyo, Tokyo has 1040 mapped right now, and 58 of them deal in used books. That's 1040 bookshops mapped around Tokyo, each with its own shelves and specialties. The used sections are where the real bargains hide.
This guide covers every bookstore we could verify in and around Tokyo (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include 文教堂 and ブックオフ, plus 新板橋書店. If a bookshop's missing from Tokyo's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Tokyo bookstore lineup
1040 mapped within about 40 km — showing 60:
文教堂
Bookstore
文教堂 — Bookstore.
ブックオフ
Bookstore
ブックオフ is Bookstore.
新板橋書店
Bookstore
新板橋書店 — Bookstore.
有隣堂
Bookstore
有隣堂 is Bookstore.
住吉書房
Bookstore
住吉書房 is Bookstore.
有隣堂
BookstoreRun by 有隣堂
有隣堂 is Bookstore run by 有隣堂.
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.
ブックオフ
BookstoreRun by BOOK OFF
ブックオフ is Bookstore run by BOOK OFF on 8, 町田市. ブックオフ also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 10:00-21:30; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
8, 町田市, 194-0013
Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-21:30
Phone: 042-739-4580
TSUTAYA
Bookstore
TSUTAYA is Bookstore.
古書エルダーズ
Bookstore
古書エルダーズ — Bookstore.
きりん書房
Bookstore
きりん書房 — Bookstore.
ブックオフ
Bookstore
ブックオフ is Bookstore.
リブロ
Bookstore
リブロ is Bookstore.
ブックオフ
Bookstore
ブックオフ is Bookstore.
明倫館書店
Bookstore
明倫館書店 — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about 明倫館書店: the map lists its hours as We,Su off.
Hours: We,Su off
丸善
Bookstore
丸善 is Bookstore.
虎ノ門書房
Bookstore
虎ノ門書房 is Bookstore. 虎ノ門書房 also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Phone: 03-3454-2571
良文堂書店
Bookstore
良文堂書店 — Bookstore.
Ayumi Books
Bookstore
Ayumi Books is Bookstore.
立花書店
Bookstore
立花書店 is Bookstore. 立花書店 also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 12:00-01:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
松戸市
Hours: Mo-Su 12:00-01:00
Phone: 047-330-3300
三祢井商店
Bookstore
三祢井商店 is Bookstore.
古本よみた屋
Bookstore
古本よみた屋 — Bookstore.
大盛堂書店
Bookstore
大盛堂書店 is Bookstore.
くまざわ書店
Bookstore
くまざわ書店 — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about くまざわ書店: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 10:00-22:00.
Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-22:00
ブックスオオトリ
Bookstore
ブックスオオトリ is Bookstore.
ブックオフ
Used bookstore
ブックオフ is Used bookstore.
ブックオフ
Bookstore
ブックオフ is Bookstore.
BOOKOFF 行徳駅前店
Bookstore
BOOKOFF 行徳駅前店 — Bookstore.
BOOKSルーエ
Bookstore
BOOKSルーエ is Bookstore. BOOKSルーエ also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
スミノ楽器店 (Sumino Gakki)
Bookstore
スミノ楽器店 (Sumino Gakki) — Bookstore.
ブックオフ
Used bookstore
ブックオフ is Used bookstore. ブックオフ also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 10:00-19:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-19:00
Phone: +81 44 433 3600
三恒堂書店
Bookstore
三恒堂書店 is Bookstore.
神代書店
Bookstore
神代書店 — Bookstore.
竹中書店
Bookstore
竹中書店 — Bookstore.
オリオン書房
Bookstore
オリオン書房 — Bookstore.
信愛書店
Bookstore
信愛書店 is Bookstore.
芳林堂書店
Bookstore
芳林堂書店 is Bookstore.
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 Mo-Su,PH 10:00-23:00.
Hours: Mo-Su,PH 10:00-23:00
BOOKS PISMO
Bookstore
BOOKS PISMO is Bookstore.
地球堂
Bookstore
地球堂 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. ブックオフ also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 10:00-24:00; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-24:00
ブックオフ
Bookstore
ブックオフ is Bookstore.
待農堂
Bookstore
待農堂 — Bookstore.
TSUTAYA
Bookstore
TSUTAYA is Bookstore.
うぶかた
Bookstore
うぶかた is Bookstore.
ドエル書房
Bookstore
ドエル書房 — 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 also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 10:00-22:00; it has a website with more detail.
171-0022
Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-22:00
みわ書房
Bookstore
みわ書房 — Bookstore.
啓文堂書店
Bookstore
啓文堂書店 is Bookstore.
外口書店
Bookstore
外口書店 — Bookstore.
啓文堂書店
Bookstore
啓文堂書店 is Bookstore.
永末書店
Bookstore
永末書店 — Bookstore.
石堂書店
Bookstore
石堂書店 is Bookstore. 石堂書店 also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Phone: +81 45-401-9596
三省堂書店
Bookstore
三省堂書店 — Bookstore.
大陸書房
Bookstore
大陸書房 — Bookstore.
文教堂書店
Bookstore
文教堂書店 — Bookstore.
三省堂書店
BookstoreRun by 三省堂書店
Run by 三省堂書店, 三省堂書店 is Bookstore. Also worth knowing about 三省堂書店: it has a website with more detail.
155-0031
須原屋
Bookstore
須原屋 is Bookstore.
BOOKOFF相模大野店
BookstoreRun by ブックオフコーポレーション (BOOKOFF CORPORATION)
BOOKOFF相模大野店 is Bookstore run by ブックオフコーポレーション (BOOKOFF CORPORATION). BOOKOFF相模大野店 also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as 10:00-01:00.
Hours: 10:00-01:00
What the map tells us about bookstores in Tokyo
159 of the 1040 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — bookshops keep civilised hours, so the listed ones are usually reliable.
103 have websites listed. Worth a look for events — readings and signings get announced there first.
There's a cluster: 21 of them sit on 1, so you can string those into one walk and drive between the rest.
58 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 Tokyo bookstore crawl
Making a day of it in Tokyo? Work this order: 文教堂, ブックオフ, 新板橋書店, 有隣堂, 住吉書房, 有隣堂, ブックオフ, and ブックオフ on 8. That's the bookstore crawl in one sensible loop, no backtracking. 1032 more are listed below.
Bookstore tips for Tokyo
The regulars' playbook for Tokyo's bookshops:
- Check for a café corner at 文教堂. A bookshop with coffee is a trap in the best way. Plan accordingly; you won't be leaving soon.
- Ask about ordering at ブックオフ. Independent shops will order anything in print, often in a day or two. No need to default to the big online retailer.
- Don't overlook the classics wall. Every shop has one. Cheap editions of the books everyone claims to have read — your chance to actually read them.
- Don't skip the small press section. The weird, wonderful stuff lives here. Small presses take the risks the big publishers won't.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Tokyo — 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 Tokyo can take a while to appear. Spotted a closure among the 1040, or a bookstore we missed entirely? The map is the source of truth here — one OpenStreetMap edit corrects it for everyone.
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 1040 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 Tokyo: 1040 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.