Hon no Machi September 2025 Issue (Vol. 5) — Now Available Free at Member Shops from August 10

Thank you, as always, for reading Hon no Machi. The fierce heat continues, but in the mornings and evenings we are beginning to sense a hint of autumn.

The September issue (No. 5) of the monthly Hon no Machi was published on August 10.

Highlights of This Issue

Inuhiko Yomota: “My Apprenticeship in Old Books”

This issue brings the second installment of comparative literature scholar Inuhiko Yomota’s series “My Apprenticeship in Old Books.”

The People Who Weave Book Town: Hajime Takayama (2)

The second installment of Rin Mizuki’s interview with Hajime Takayama.

Thinking About the Earthen Bridges of Edo Castle

Kazuo Nonaka continues his study of the earthen bridges of Edo Castle.

▶ Read “Photographer ELLI’s Town Walks” #4: Toyodaen & Daisen on the web

Contents of This Issue

• On the Title Lettering: Book Town and Yours Truly / Koto Takahashi
• My Apprenticeship in Old Books (2) / Inuhiko Yomota
• The People Who Weave Book Town: Hajime Takayama (2) / Rin Mizuki
• Jimbocho: Odds and Ends, Kanda and Reading… / Seina Hareyama
• Jimbocho and Me (4): Kobunkan Bookstore / Ryosuke Sakota
• The Changing Jimbocho Old-Book District (5) / Hiroshi Tarumi
• Thinking About the Earthen Bridges of Edo Castle (Part 2) / Kazuo Nonaka
• My Golden Age of Cinema (5) / Yasutaka Tarumi
• New Whimsical Journal of Art (History) (5) / Hiroaki Goto
• Photographer ELLI’s Town Walks (4) / Eri Ito
• There’s No Hobby as Wonderful as Jazz! (69) / Kazuyuki Iida
• A Short Biography of Shuhei Fujisawa (5) / Katsuo Sawada
• Kanae Itakura, Itaru Tanabe and Usaburo Ihara (Part 1) / Yoshihiro Mizutani
• Tenth-Anniversary Feature: “Clues to This Country” / Kayoko Sano
• Early Photographs of Edo Castle and Its Surroundings (72) / Atsushi Shimizu

This issue also includes a notice for the Shakespeare Gallery exhibition “1944: Itaru Tanabe, Usaburo Ihara and the People of the Tokyo School of Fine Arts” (August 6–30, 2025).

Publication Details

• Issue: Monthly Hon no Machi, September 2025 issue (Vol. 5)
• Publication date: August 10, 2025
• Cover price: ¥150 (tax incl.) — distributed free at member shops
• Publisher: Hon no Machi Editorial Office
• Where to find it: Member shops and other locations in Kanda, Jimbocho and Ochanomizu (list of member shops and pickup points)

The PDF of this issue is available on note.

Earlier issues can be read on our Back Issues page. *Exhibitions, events, shop information, advertisements and other details are as of the original publication date.

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