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Thank you, as always, for reading Hon no Machi. The street trees are beginning to turn, and Jimbocho’s busiest season of the year has arrived.
The November issue (No. 7) of the monthly Hon no Machi was published on October 10.
Highlights of This Issue
New Series: “From the Study of an International History Detective”
A new series by Tetsuro Kato, professor emeritus at Hitotsubashi University. Drawing on clues such as secret documents from the former Soviet Union, he pursues mysteries of modern history surrounding Teido Kunizaki and Yumeji Takehisa.
New Series: “Encounters with the Classics”
Constitutional scholar Yasuo Hasebe reads Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice through the eyes of a modern courtroom.
On “Jimbocho Machinaka Art 2025”
Sculptor Shinji Fukumi asks what this art event around town, opening October 21, is really for.
▶ Read “Photographer ELLI’s Town Walks” #6: Book House Cafe on the web
Contents of This Issue
- From the Study of an International History Detective (1) / Tetsuro Kato
- Encounters with the Classics: The Merchant of Venice (1) / Yasuo Hasebe
- My Apprenticeship in Old Books (4) / Inuhiko Yomota
- Jimbocho and Me (6): Kin Sushi / Ryosuke Sakota
- The Sanyo Building in Kanda-Nishikicho / Hidehiko Kawaguchi
- In Search of Yojiro Shimamura’s Paintings (2) / Naoko Shimamura
- New Whimsical Journal of Art (History) (7) / Hiroaki Goto
- My Golden Age of Cinema (7): Director Brian De Palma / Yasutaka Tarumi
- Walking Through Nostalgic Kanda (4): The Film Wild Strawberries / Tetsuya Sudo
- Notebook of Sounds (2): The Flying Dutchman / Marsha Lin
- For Whom, and Why, Do We Do This? / Shinji Fukumi
- Photographer ELLI’s Town Walks (6): Book House Cafe / Eri Ito
- There’s No Hobby as Wonderful as Jazz! (71) / Kazuyuki Iida
- A Short Biography of Shuhei Fujisawa (7): The Trade-Paper Years and His Wife’s Death / Katsuo Sawada
- A Monument for the Poem Higashi no Nagisa (The Eastern Shore) on the Seashore of Imajuku, Fukuoka / Nobuyuki Ito
- Early Photographs of Edo Castle and Its Surroundings (74) / Atsushi Shimizu
Cover: Masako Takezawa, “Maybe So”
This issue also includes notices for “Jimbocho Machinaka Art 2025” (October 21–November 16), the Shakespeare Gallery exhibition “Looking Up at the Tower,” and more.
Publication Details
- Issue: Monthly Hon no Machi, November 2025 issue (Vol. 7)
- Publication date: October 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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