Jimbocho may have topped Time Out magazine's “coolest neighborhoods” list, but residents say their home is more than just a bunch of books. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/10/18/lifestyle/jimobocho-coolest-neighborhood-in-the-world/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #lifestyle #bookstores #chiyodaward #jimbocho #tokyo #books
In a digital world, Japanese brand Plotter is betting on analog with its first-ever Harajuku shop providing binders, leather and the slow joy of paper. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/10/02/style-design/stationery-japan-plotter-notebooks-paper/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #styledesign #stationery #japanesecrafts #bookstores
For non-native speakers, reading Japanese books can expand your mind and offer fresh perspectives — about not only Japan itself, but any topic you can name. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2025/06/30/voices/japanese-books-gateway/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #community #voices #language #expats #reading #japaneselanguage #bookstores
🎇 Help save Philly's local solarpunk bookstore! Iffy Books, which has offered everything from books on permaculture to first aid workshops to open hours for soldering assistance, needs your help. Please share this letter widely!
I've been grateful for the opportunity this space offered me to rekindle my relationship with digital art for merch and run solar art and queer zine workshops. Iffy Books is irreplaceable in our community. To keep offering programs and resources that foster climate activism, right to repair, and skill sharing in Philly, we need to take action now.
https://post.lurk.org/@iffybooks/114704476101632628
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